Senator Garret Ahearn

Fine Gael Laois/Offaly TD and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy has today (Wednesday) labelled Sinn Féin the high tax, anti-jobs party, saying that the Government’s Budget 2015 will prioritise employment growth. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy was speaking after Sinn Féin launched its budget proposals.

Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O'Donovan has said that Sinn Féin are again misleading the Irish people about water charges, after Pearse Doherty, today (Wednesday), failed to provide clarity on how they will pay for their proposal to reverse the charges.

monitor aid distribution throughout Africa and other locations with a view to ensuring high standards in respect of distribution and accountability

aid efforts are successfully focused on the Sudan

intimidation of relatives of victims of the air crash in the Ukraine by masked, hooded and armed personnel who impeded the victims' relatives in their attempts to recover the bodies of their loved ones

activities of the Boko Haram in Nigeria with particular reference to the release of school girls taken prisoner some time ago

extent to which EU/US trade negotiations are progressing

authorities in Iran are moving towards a more democratic process facilitating a recognition of international standards in respect of human rights

progress continues towards EU enlargement with particular reference to the countries currently in the process and proposed

efforts continue to be made to encourage Iran to embrace democratic structures incorporating full recognition of human rights standards