Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Regina Doherty, has today (Thursday) called on the HSE to accept or reject the new pricing offer from the pharmaceutical company Alexion for the drug eculizumab, or Soliris, which is used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PHN).

Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, Olivia Mitchell, has today (Thursday) welcomed the announcement of 100 new jobs by ICON, which is based in the South County Business Park.

“The economic recovery is underway but more needs to be done to grow jobs in all regions and to support new business; this is the key goal of this year’s Action Plan for Jobs”, says John Paul Phelan, Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny.

The Health Service Executive must prioritise the recruitment of hospital consultants according to Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator and the Party’s Seanad Spokesperson on Health, Colm Burke.

Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Áine Collins, has said that retail sales figures for 2014 show that confidence has returned to our economy.

All of our plans that help support enterprise to create jobs are coordinated through the Action Plan for Jobs.

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee, has highlighted the positive measures for young people in the Action Plan for Jobs (APJ) for 2015 which was announced today.

“Job creation since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs in 2012 has been stronger in some areas than others, but the Action Plan for Jobs 2015 will have regional development at its core and will focus on growing jobs in the domestic economy”, says Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee and TD for Laois/Offaly.

“The time for talking about providing the drug Soliris, which is used to treat the rare blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) is over. We must urgently find a solution and provide it to those who are currently in desperate need of it,” says Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee"

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of Educate Together Primary School Stepaside in Dublin 18 which is planned to progress to construction in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter?