Hildegarde Naughton, TD

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate funding for youth support services throughout the country...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of any new initiatives she has in mind to address specific areas or deficiencies...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which lack of adequate of housing and/or poverty continues to impact most particularly on children and adolescents...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the issue of youth unemployment...

To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources within her Department...

Enterprise Ireland Seed & Venture Capital Programme Report 2012 published by Minister Bruton.

The Government is conscious of the value of providing for an excellent court system and has continued to provide substantial resources to the Service with a supplementary estimate of €5 million provided last year on top of the original net budget of €54.1 million.

Ministers Varadkar and Coveney jointly launched a multi-faceted, cross Departmental, Cross Agency safety initiative for the Irish Fishing Industry in Union Hall today.

JobsPlus is a new employer incentive scheme operated by the Department of Social Protection which will incentivise businesses to hire jobseekers from the Live Register, boost job creation and reduce long-term unemployment.

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Helen McEntee, has been appointed to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications. Deputy McEntee says she hopes to use her new role to scrutinise national policy and to further her work on a range of local issues, such as the Slane bypass, the deterioration of the roads throughout Meath and renewable energy.