Senator also calls for deadline for claims under the scheme to be extended due to lockdown

One-off grants to help restaurants and bars develop outdoor seating areas should be made available to support the industry’s reopening when safe to do so, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Deputies Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Neale Richmond have called on the Department for Social Protection to ensure that supports will be available to families who are under huge financial pressure from additional rent bills from the unforeseen lockdown and cessation of construction.

A Fine Gael TD has called on the Land Development Agency (LDA) to increase their engagement with local resident’s associations, businesses and community groups in the immediate vicinity of any proposed LDA development.

A bill to legislate for the use of E-Scooters and certain E-Bikes has been introduced to the Dáil by Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys T.D., today announced over €6.5 million in funding for 38 projects under Measure 2 of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.

Today, the EPP Group voted by a large majority (84.1% or 148 MEPs) in favour of amending the Group's internal Rules of Procedure.

Fine Gael Minister of State Peter Burke has announced that Local Authorities will receive an increased level of funding to provide home adaptations for older people and those living with disability and mobility issues.

Opposition claims that a State scheme to assist home ownership will result in a price spiral are false, completely exaggerated and ill founded, the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party Chairman has said.

The ‘Start Here’ campaign aims to equip students and staff with practical information to help tackle the endemic sexual harassment and violence in our Higher Education institutions, a Fine Gael TD has said.