News & Statements

Unemployment now at 10.7% – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chair of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that the publication of the latest unemployment figure showing the rate has dropped from 15.1% in 2012 to 10.7% today shows that the economy is recovering and that the Government’s plan to create jobs is working.

We should not dump on first-time buyers – Hayes

Fine Gael Dublin MEP, Brian Hayes, today (Wednesday), set out a nine point plan as an alternative to the Central Bank of Ireland's 20% mortgage deposit rules, saying we can't dump on first - time buyers.