News & Statements
Adams admits his policies will threaten Irish jobs – Doherty
“Gerry Adams has admitted his own policies will threaten Irish jobs", says Regina Doherty, Fine Gael TD for Meath East.
Minister Flanagan expresses concern for prison officers after Portlaoise attack
Fine Gael Laois-Offaly TD and Foreign Affairs Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has expressed his concern after two prison officers were hospitalised following an attack at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.
Sinn Féin’s nonsensical tax policies would cost jobs and destroy this country – Harris
“Sinn Féin’s nonsensical tax policies would cost jobs and destroy this country,” says Simon Harris, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/ East Carlow and Minister of State at the Department of Finance.
€942,000 paid to 148 Burren farmers- Breen
Fine Gael TD for Clare, Pat Breen, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney that 148 Burren farmers are to receive €942,000 in payments under the 2014 Burren Farming for Conservation Programme (BFCP).
Dairy investments will benefit rural communities in Tipperary – Coonan
“Rural communities are set to benefit most from the recent significant investments in the dairy industry”, says Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan.
Sinn Féin’s American paymasters are right to be wary – they would wreck the recovery and deter investment – Murphy
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, Eoghan Murphy, has said that the misgivings raised by Sinn Féin’s American business benefactors about its high tax policies is clear proof that Sinn Féin in Government would deter jobs and investment into Ireland.
Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new housing assistance payment is expected to be introduced in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter?
3,073 less on live register since February 2013- O’Dowd
Fine Gael TD for Louth, Fergus O’Dowd, has welcomed the decrease in the number of people on the live register, both nationally and locally.
Burke welcomes ongoing discussions on inclusion of Fampyra as part of the Drug Payment Scheme- Burke
Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central and the party’s Spokesperson for Health in the Seanad, has today welcomed ongoing discussion between the HSE’s Corporate Pharmaceutical Unit and the manufacturer of Fampridine (brand name Fampyra) about its inclusion on the Drug Payment Scheme. Senator Burke was speaking after he raised a Commencement Motion on the matter in the Seanad with Minister Kathleen Lynch.
D’Arcy welcomes removal of power to administer ECT where a patient can give consent but is unwilling to do so
Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy has welcomed the outcome of an expert group review of mental health legislation which calls for the removal of power to administer electroconvulsive therapy where a patient can give consent but is unwilling to do so.