Senator Garret Ahearn

Removing UN Security Council approval for deployment of Irish troops for peacekeeping service will give greater decision-making control to Government and Dáil, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The retrofitting grants application process needs to be streamlined for homeowners if residential retrofitting targets are to be met, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The Minister for Transport must fast-track plans for the extension of the Luas Red Line from The Point through Ringsend and Irishtown, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Any rise to personal injury awards would cause irrevocable damage to businesses and jobs, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Clarity is needed on whether the Ukrainian Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) will be amended or simply extended by the end of the month, a Fine Gael TD has said. 

More needs to be done to address toxic masculinity on social media, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Greater investment in wastewater treatment infrastructure is urgently needed to support housing development in rural Galway, where a lack of proper facilities is preventing new homes from being built, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Local authorities must be given more guidance on the rules surrounding insulating homes so that homeowners are not punished for carrying out works, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The introduction of “whole-life” sentences for the most serious of crimes, specifically the murder of women and children, would send a clear message to perpetrators of violence that life imprisonment will mean life, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Almost 150 days since the publication of the Dublin City Taskforce’s Report, it is time to take meaningful action to implement its recommendations, according to a Fine Gael TD.