News & Statements
Update: Potential New Meat Markets – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
potential new markets for Irish beef, lamb, pig meat or poultry identified
Update: Return for Cereal Producers – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
return for cereal producers in the current year
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014
I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important Bill, whose aim is to enhance the health protection of the public.
€250,000 Competitive Feasibility fund to assist agri-business – McFadden
Fine Gael TD for Longford/Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden TD, has today (Tuesday) highlighted the agri-business sector as a real area of potential job creation for the midlands as the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, launched the new Enterprise Ireland €250,000 Competitive Feasibility Fund at the National Ploughing Championships.
€250,000 fund for start-up agri-business – Barry
Fine Gael TD for Cork East and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Tom Barry TD, has today (Tuesday) called for applicants for the new Enterprise Ireland €250,000 Competitive Feasibility Fund
Address by the Taoiseach to UN Secretary General’s Climate Change Summit, New York, 23 September 2014
Global warming is a stark reality that can only be dealt with by a collective global response. We are all interdependent and interconnected... we share a common humanity... and each of us must play our part.
Be wary of Sinn Féin’s bogus legal advice – Keane
Fine Gael Senator and Dublin South-West bye election candidate, Cáit Keane, has today (Tuesday) cautioned people to be wary of Sinn Féin’s bogus legal advice about water charges.
Conway welcomes initiation of Statute Law Revision Programme
Fine Gael Senator for Clare and the Party's Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Disability and Equality, Martin Conway, has today (Tuesday), welcomed the commencement by the Government Reform Unit of the Department of Public Expenditure of the Statute Law Revision Programme.
It’s all “mé féin” for Sinn Féin as they cop out on tough decisions in North– O’Donovan
Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan, has said that Sinn Féin’s reluctance to take the hard decisions in Government in the North shows they lack the resolve and foresight to do the job south of the border.
Keane welcomes vote by South Dublin County Council to cut property tax rate by 15%
Fine Gael Dublin South West bye-election candidate, Senator Cáit Keane, has welcomed news that South Dublin County Council has voted to cut the property tax rate by 15%.