Simon Coveney, TD

Fine Gael Galway Senator, Hildegarde Naughton, has today (Wednesday) urged the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, to ensure that personal profiles of all 422,900 people on the live register are completed, to help tailor personalised employment supports for them.

Fine Gael’s Director of Elections, Minister Richard Bruton TD, has this evening (Wednesday) said that Fianna Fáil's true reason for wanting to keep the Seanad has been revealed, with figures showing that the Party receives €445,000 a year from the Exchequer for its Senators, under the leaders allowance paid for all political parties. This amounts to about a third of Fianna Fáil’s State funding.

We’re halfway through the government’s term of Office and so this evening I want to talk to you about the progress we have made, the challenges that remain, and where we want to take Ireland for the future.

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has said that the tender process to appoint a contractor to construct the €3 million Endoscopy Unit at Roscommon County Hospital is making good progress.

ine Gael TD for Clare, Pat Breen, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD, of a toll free month in November for High Goods Vehicles (HGVs) using the Limerick Tunnel, which will put an end to the traffic chaos experienced in towns and cities around the Mid-West Region.

Equal to 9 weeks’ work costing €15,000 for Assistant Principal

Fine Gael Galway Senator, Hildegarde Naughton, has today (Wednesday) urged the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, to ensure that personal profiles of all 422,900 people on the live register are completed, to help tailor personalised employment supports for them.