Alan Farrell, TD

Service levels for Youth Mental Health in Laois/ Offaly must be maintained, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, Alan Farrell has voiced his concern at the significant increase in the number of children admitted to adult mental health units since last year, as outlined in the Mental Health Commission’s 2017 Annual Report.

Dublin North West TD Noel Rock has condemned the shootings which took place in Ballymun this afternoon.

Fine Gael Senator and spokesman on European Affairs, Neale Richmond, has called on Fianna Fáil to either propose substantive policies on Brexit or work constructively to bolster the Government’s position.

It is of considerable advantage to the Government – and to all Irish people – to have a strong degree of cross-party consensus in the Dáil on the vital issue of Brexit.

Fine Gael Dublin Senator, Catherine Noone has said she is delighted to have been added as a party candidate for the Dublin Bay North constituency at the next General Election.

The Fine Gael Executive Council met this evening (Monday) and agreed on the addition of two candidates in Dublin Bay North and Meath West for the next General Election.

It is regrettable that some Opposition members are more concerned with their party’s public standing rather than the country’s wellbeing with Brexit looming on the horizon, Government Minister Patrick O’Donovan has said.

The Minister for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., today announced that the Government has approved publication of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training)(Amendment) Bill.

The return of the Cork to Boston Providence direct flight next year demonstrates that Cork is the gateway to the South of Ireland for trade and tourism, a Fine Gael Senator has said.