To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision can be made to revive the local authority house building programme without impacting negatively on the Government's balance sheet...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision can be made to revive the local authority house building programme without impacting negatively on the Government's balance sheet...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department have noted house price inflation...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor the situation regarding mortgage arrears...

To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that mortgages sold to Lone Star will be covered by the code of conduct for mortgage arrears and any future enactment of it if Lone Star sells the loan on; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Newly elected Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath TD, Gabrielle McFadden, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the announcement that Ericsson is creating 120 new jobs at its sites in Athlone and Dublin.

14,000 more employed in accommodation & food in last 12 months.

The Fine Gael General Secretary Tom Curran has paid tribute to Councillor Owen Bannigan, who tragically passed away today. Councillor Bannigan had been canvassing earlier in the day.

Over €500million in additional credit will be made available to Irish SMEs through the establishment of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), the Government announced today.