Emer Higgins, TD

Irish property investment group Tetrarch Capital is to seek permission for a multimillion-euro residential and commercial development at Millennium Park Naas.

Irish property investment group Tetrarch Capital is to seek permission for a multimillion-euro residential and commercial development at Millennium Park Naas.

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes, has asked the European Commission to introduce legislation that would require car rental companies to display prices of car rental in a clear and transparent manner.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that claims that the Government is planning a giveaway budget are completely false and can only be explained as electioneering.

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, and chairperson of the Oireachtas Health Committee, Jerry Buttimer, has said the decision by the HSE to approve funding for Fampyra, a drug used to treat Multiple Sclerosis, will have life changing effects.

Although Ireland may appear to some as a peripheral island on the edge of the Atlantic we see our home as being at the heart of Europe.

Fine Gael TD Anthony Lawlor for Kildare North has said that a 12% drop in the Live Register since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs in 2012 indicates the steady growth in the economy in Kildare.

The Taoiseach today begins a two-day visit to France where he will meet with President François Hollande, and with leading Irish and French business people in both Paris and Lyon.

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, is appealing to Irish people to unite in offering assistance to Syrian refugees in their homes and premises.

Progress is being made on the planning application by Applegreen to build a service station at the old Cemex site, Maudlins Roundabout. A request for substantial further information was sought by the Council in early August and I will be strongly supporting this application at every stage. If planning is approved, the site will contain a shop (including an off licence), a food court and restaurant, along with children's play area and 24 hour facilities for drivers. Not only would this development aesthetically improve the approach to Naas but will also create up to 100 jobs.