Senator Maria Byrne

The chicken pox vaccine must be included in routine childhood immunisation without delay, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Speech by Minister Neale Richmond T.D on the Good Friday Agreement, delivered at the Thomas D’Arcy McGee Summer School in Carlingford on Tueday, August 15th 2023

Vegetables are the most commonly wasted food type in supermarkets, accounting for a massive 20% of waste, followed by fruit at 16%, a Fine Gael Senator has stated.

Oration by Minister Simon Harris T.D at the 101st Anniversary Collins Griffith Commemoration, delivered at Glasnevin Cemetery on Sunday, 13th August 2023

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan must ensure publicly available charging points for electrical vehicles (EVs) are transparent and easily locatable on a dedicated app, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Deputy Emer Higgins, party spokesperson on equality, has called for Government to re-examine the rate at which the grants are paid to older people and people with disabilities in the run up to the Budget, to help them to make their homes more accessible.

The current review of our planning laws must ensure that serial objectors cannot stall badly needed infrastructural projects to the detriment of communities, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

It is crucial that RTE’s new Register of Interests for any paid for external promotional or sponsorship work events undertaken by RTE on air staff be made available to the public, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The Residential Tenancy Bureau (RTB) must add questions on the issue of sex for rent to its annual rental sector survey to ascertain the true extent of the problem, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Funding should come from Government to support the implementation of a squad charter to improve standards and conditions for female intercounty players, according to a Fine Gael Senator.