Regina Doherty, MEP

In response to Micheál Martin’s interview on RTÉ, Minster Simon Coveney said that Fianna Fáil have again demonstrated their zero credibility on the economy and it is the same old Fianna Fáil, offering higher taxes and no jobs plan.

Fine Gael candidate for Dublin Rathdown, Alan Shatter, has this evening (Thursday) said that Shane Ross has confirmed, without any shadow of a doubt, that the Independent Alliance has no policies – on anything!

Following the release of Sinn Féin’s manifesto today (Tuesday), Minister Paschal Donohoe has said the party has confirmed its plans for a €2.6 billion tax bomb that would destroy the recovery.

The Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD has accused Fianna Fáil of having learned nothing, with its health policy committing to keeping the HSE in place, offering no major reforms and raising serious questions about Billy Kelleher’s plans for the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service.

An Taoiseach and Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Wicklow Deputy Simon Harris today (Tuesday) launched the party’s plans to support working families by making work pay. The plan included details of a new Working Family Payment, to ensure that every parent working 15 hours or more per week takes home at least €11.75 per hour.

An Taoiseach and Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Wicklow Deputy Simon Harris today (Tuesday) launched the party’s plans to support working families by making work pay. The plan included details of a new Working Family Payment, to ensure that every parent working 15 hours or more per week takes home at least €11.75 per hour.

Fine Gael Minister, Simon Harris has expressed amazement that Fianna Fail would publish little more than a tax and spend wish list without a credible plan to grow jobs. He said that the absence of a detailed Fianna Fail jobs plan meant that the 200,000 extra jobs that Fine Gael’s Plan would deliver for the country by 2020 would not be realized

Fine Gael’s Long Term Economic Plan will combine smart public service investment with reform to ensure new and better services.

An Taoiseach & Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD, and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, were today (Friday) in micksgarage.com in Park West, Dublin to outline the party’s plan to help create 93,000 new jobs from start-up companies as part of the Fine Gael Long Term Economic Plan.

The Minister for Health Leo Varadkar TD last week informed Cllr. Maura Hopkins that an agreement had been reached through the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to Loughglynn Ambulance Base.