Josepha Madigan, TD

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, today (Monday) launched Fine Gael’s plan to support jobs growth throughout Ireland and to bring unemployment below 7% in every region.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan has said that it is vital that a well-informed debate on the possible consequences associated with a UK exit from the European Union takes place in Northern Ireland, given its unique and special circumstances.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny & Minister for Tourism Paschal Donohoe today (Sunday) outlines the party’s plan to create 50,000 new jobs in tourism and increase the number of visitors to 10 million. To help achieve this ambition the party also outlined a new €100 million capital injection in the Wild Atlantic Way and a nationwide greenways network. Fine Gael’s plans for the tourism sector will boost revenues from overseas tourists by €5 billion and will make a significant contribution to regional job creation.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Fine Gael General Election candidate for Dublin Central, Paschal Donohoe, has called on Fianna Fáil to come clean on how it plans to fund commitments made in its manifesto, such as the DART Underground and the construction of the M20. Minister Donohoe warned people to ‘mind the gap’ in Fianna Fáil’s transport policy proposals.

Minister Richard Bruton today (Friday) outlined Fine Gael’s plans to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as part of the party’s Long Term Economic Plan to Keep the Recovery Going. Minister Simon Coveney also warned about the growing evidence of the Fianna Fáil economic deception, which undermines their entire campaign.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, and the Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton TD, are today outlining Fine Gael’s plans to grow the number of jobs in export orientated companies over the next five years as part of the Party’s Long Term Economic Plan to keep the recovery going. Fine Gael will allocate at least €500 million to accelerate export led job growth across the country from the €4bn Future Jobs Investment Fund.

FG will put long-term unemployed at top of jobs queue with new and improved supports

Health Minister and Fine Gael candidate in Dublin West Leo Varadkar has said that Micheal Martin seems to be suffering from amnesia.

Minister of State for Finance, Simon Harris, has today (Tuesday) said that Sinn Féin’s idea of progressive politics is based on dropping a €2.6 billion tax bomb which would kill jobs and devastate Foreign Direct Investment.

The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris TD has strongly criticised Fianna Fáil proposals to enable the Central Bank to interfere directly with the banks.