Leo Varadkar, TD

housing crisis which is growing rapidly; if a Government bond will be considered to deal with the issue,

monitor the activities of venture capital companies who purchased loan books from various lending institutions and who are now forcing the borrowers to surrender their homes voluntarily or otherwise

incentives currently available to encourage small business with particular reference to access to credit

State aid that might be used to encourage foreign direct investment here and in other countries throughout the Eurozone

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has today (Thursday) welcomed the news that 690 new jobs have been announced in three locations over the past twenty four hours.

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Regina Doherty, has today (Thursday), called on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly TD, to immediately implement new temporary planning guidelines to deal with Wind Farm applications, specifically in relation to an application made for a vast wind farm in North County Meath.

Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, and Chair of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Andrew Doyle, has welcomed comments made by the European Agricultural Commissioner designate, Phil Hogan, in relation to supermarket price dominance during his confirmation hearing in Brussels this morning.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin today published the Exchequer Statement up to the end of Q3 2014.

Fine Gael Clare Senator, Martin Conway, has today (Thursday), said that we need to highlight important issues concerning farm safety. Speaking on the Order of Business in the Seanad, Senator Conway expressed his concern about the number of accidents on farms and asked that the Seanad Public Consultation Committee consider this as a topic for consideration.

Brian Hayes MEP today (Thursday) urged the Government to work with the ECB in getting the tracker mortgage issue resolved following this afternoon's ECB Governing Council meeting where details of the ECB's Asset Backed Securities programme were revealed.