News & Statements

Minister Bruton welcomes 7% increase in exports

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton TD, today (Thursday) welcomed the latest trade figures published by the Central Statistics Office, which show that in the last two months seasonally adjusted exports have been particularly strong.

FF’s IMF call a strange case of déjà vu – Harris

Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Fine Gael TD for Wicklow-East Carlow, Simon Harris, today (Tuesday) welcomed Michael McGrath's new found support for Finance Minister Michael Noonan's efforts to continue to reduce the debt burden on the Irish people.

Plain Packaging legislation will not go up in smoke – Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has today (Tuesday) stated that the Government is determined to proceed with the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. He was speaking after it emerged that German politicians and lobby groups had been exerting pressure on the Irish Government to deter them from introducing plain packaging on cigarettes, as they feared it would damage the Irish economic recovery in some way.