Paschal Donohoe, TD

1,000 jobs for Longford. The majority of them to be filled locally with many roles filled by employees between the ages of 16 and 24.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that while the drop in the Live Register to 10% is very much to be welcomed, it is the fall in unemployment among those under 25 that is most encouraging.

“Prometric, who have brought jobs and investment to Dundalk for over ten years, are to invest more than €3.5 million to expand its operation in Dundalk, creating 40 new high skilled jobs”, says Peter Fitzpatrick, Fine Gael TD for Louth.

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Bernard Durkan, has said that the €86 million investment in social housing announced today by the Government will help bring an end to the Kildare housing crisis.

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South and Chair of the Fine Gael Internal Committee on Agriculture, Martin Heydon, has welcomed the abolition of milk quotas, saying it will be of huge benefit to dairy farmers throughout the country and in his own county of Kildare. Deputy Heydon was speaking today (Wednesday) as the first day of April marked the ending of milk quotas across the European Union.

Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Dara Murphy has welcomed the announcement that Garda recruitment will be accelerated in 2015, saying it is good news for communities in Cork and a clear demonstration of Fine Gael’s commitment to strengthening the Gardaí.

‘Prometric’s investment of over €3.5m is great news for Dundalk’, stated Senator Jim D’Arcy in relation to the announcement that US firm, Prometric, is to create 40 new jobs in the town.

Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath TD, Gabrielle McFadden, has been informed by the HSE that the independent review of intellectual disability services at St Hilda’s Services in Athlone and St Christopher’s Services in Longford is nearing completion, and is expected to be finalised in the next week.

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has announced €35 million for Waterford Social Housing Projects for the period 2015-2017. Minister Coffey said that this will reduce the housing waiting list by 40% in that period in Waterford and deliver 760 units, this investment will create and sustain 280 jobs in Waterford over that period.

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has said as of midnight, Wednesday 1st April, Irish dairy farmers are no longer obliged to limit their productivity in order to comply with milk quotas. Farmers will be free to increase their productivity as they will no longer be constrained by the limitations of milk quotas. Minister Coffey welcomed the long awaited abolition of milk quotas: