Helen McEntee, TD

Just over a year ago I was appointed Government Chief Whip. It is an honour and a privilege to hold this office with its varied responsibilities and duties that are central to the running of the Dáil, specifically with regard to Government business.

The Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today (24 October) launched a call for applications for financial support for eligible Irish higher education institutions (HEIs), in advance of the second call of the European Universities Initiative by the European Commission.

The Fine Gael Executive Council has added two councillors as candidates for the Waterford constituency in the next General Election.

Rather than respond to issues of genuine public interest concerning the behaviour of Deputies Dooley, Collins and Chambers, Fianna Fáil has spent the last four days trying to muddy the waters and distract from their failure to answer outstanding questions.

As an investigation by the Ceann Comhairle into voting irregularities concerning Fianna Fáil Deputy Timmy Dooley gets underway, a Fine Gael Senator has asked if Micheál Martin still has confidence in Timmy Dooley for a key role in the powerful ALDE party.

Deputy Lisa Chambers has shown a blatant disregard for the integrity and importance of the Dáil voting system, a Fine Gael Minister of State has said.

It is time for Fianna Fáil to openly admit everything they know about their voting scandal as the drip feed of information into the public continues, Fine Gael party chairman Martin Heydon has said.

Fine Gael’s Parliamentary Party Chairman, Martin Heydon, has called for Fianna Fáil to urgently bring clarity to the voting scandal caused by the behaviour of Deputies Niall Collins and Timmy Dooley.

Fianna Fáil, Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins have more questions to answer following several media reports today on what occurred on the Fianna Fáil benches during Dáil voting last Thursday, a Fine Gael TD has said.