News & Statements
Statement by Ministers Frances Fitzgerald & Leo Varadkar
Minister for Justice & Equality Frances Fitzgerald and Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar held a constructive meeting with the PARC road safety group today to discuss a range of legislative and administrative issues in the broad area of road safety.
Teaching internet safety in primary schools will help combat cyber bullying – Mitchell O’Connor
Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, has today (Wednesday) welcomed a number of key recommendations in the Report of the Internet Content Governance Advisory (ICGA) which sets out what steps the Government can take to help address cyber bullying and deal with the range of issues posed by social media and our ever growing presence online.
Update from Minister Flanagan re Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation
Update from Minister Flanagan re Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation
Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Justice and Equality
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the shared visa system between Ireland, China and India also includes Taiwan; if this is not the case can it be extended to include Taiwan in view of the success of previous visa initiatives with that country; and if she will make a statement on the matter?
Update: Working Capital Requirements of Manufacturing & Services Sectors, 24th June 2015
To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department monitors the working capital requirements of the various manufacturing and services sectors on an ongoing basis...
Council of Europe Speech on The “left-to-die boat”: actions and reactions
I want to begin by congratulating and thanking the authors of these two excellent reports. The detailed research of difficult and often secretive and even criminal subject matter, as well as their thoughtful conclusions, is impressive.
Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Education and Skills
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is taking to ensure that citizenship and human rights education is a priority under the new CSPE junior cycle curriculum at post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter?
€14 million tobacco seizure will damage illegal trade
Fine Gael TD and member of Oireachtas Health and Children Committee, Peter Fitzpatrick, today (Tuesday), welcomed the news that €14 million worth of tobacco has been seized by customs officers at Drogheda Port.
Air ambulance has carried out 652 time critical missions since its launch two years ago – Feighan
Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has been informed by the Department of Health that the pilot air ambulance service, formally known as the Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS), has carried out 652 time critical missions since its launch in the summer of 2012.