News & Statements
Update: Youth Homelessness – Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014
monitor the issue of youth homelessness
Update: Youth Poverty – Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014
continues to monitor issues of youth poverty
Update: Youth Support Services – Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014
dialogue with those involved in providing youth support services
Corcoran Kennedy supports the launch of the Irish Wheelchair Access Guidelines
Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has emphasised the importance of access for people with disabilities as she launched the Irish Wheelchair Association Access Guidelines Edition 3 in Tullamore yesterday (Wednesday).
D’Arcy welcomes campaign to highlight benefits of palliative care
Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy has welcomed the launch of ‘Making the most of Life’, a nationwide campaign to highlight how palliative care can improve the quality of life of any person with an incurable illness.
MINISTER COVENEY ANNOUNCES PAYMENTS WORTH €149 MILLION UNDER 2014 DISADVANTAGED AREAS SCHEME
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today announced that payments under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have started issuing, on schedule, today.
Rising car sales injects €145.5 million extra into the Exchequer – Griffin
Fine Gael Kerry TD and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Brendan Griffin, has welcomed a major boost to the exchequer provided by an increase in VRT and VAT as a result of a sharp increase in car sales.
Roscommon and Leitrim sports clubs to benefit from extension of rate exemptions – Hopkins
Fine Gael candidate in the Roscommon/South Leitrim bye-election, Maura Hopkins, has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris, that an amendment is to be made to ease the rates burden on many local sports clubs.
Update: Absconded Prisoners – Justice & Equality 24th September, 2014
prisoners have absconded from the prison service in each of the past five years to date;
Update: An Garda Síochána Technology – Justice & Equality 24th September, 2014
technology including forensic technology available to An Garda Síochána continues to be upgraded