Senator Tim Lombard

contact with those providing supportive youth services throughout the country

monitor the issue of youth homelessness

continues to monitor issues of youth poverty

dialogue with those involved in providing youth support services

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has emphasised the importance of access for people with disabilities as she launched the Irish Wheelchair Association Access Guidelines Edition 3 in Tullamore yesterday (Wednesday).

Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy has welcomed the launch of ‘Making the most of Life’, a nationwide campaign to highlight how palliative care can improve the quality of life of any person with an incurable illness.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today announced that payments under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have started issuing, on schedule, today.

Fine Gael Kerry TD and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Brendan Griffin, has welcomed a major boost to the exchequer provided by an increase in VRT and VAT as a result of a sharp increase in car sales.

Fine Gael candidate in the Roscommon/South Leitrim bye-election, Maura Hopkins, has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris, that an amendment is to be made to ease the rates burden on many local sports clubs.

prisoners have absconded from the prison service in each of the past five years to date;