Martin Heydon, TD

“Today’s news that rent inflation in Dublin is slowing presents an opportunity to reform the rental market and to stop treating tenants as second class citizens,” said Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone today (Monday). A new Daft.ie report shows the rate of rent increases slowing in Dublin.

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has today (Sunday) given an update on the ongoing situation in Emergency Departments.

Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan, Joe O’Reilly, has welcomed the news that the so-called ‘Old Young Farmers’ are now eligible to apply under the National Reserve to be given new entitlements or receive a top-up.

Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan, Joe O’Reilly has welcomed the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs – Regional by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. This is a five year, €250million strategy aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country.

Minister of State with responsibility for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan TD has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD that €30,000 has been allocated to help fund the annual Rose of Tralee Festival.

Fine Gael TD for Sligo/North Leitrim, John Perry, has welcomed the announcement of €50,000 in funding for the Yeats 2015 International Festival which takes place throughout this year to celebrate the life and works of WB Yeats, 150 years after poet’s birth.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D., today concluded his promotional visit to the US, with a high profile launch in Boston.

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, has today (Thursday) announced that further funding of €320,000 has been approved by Fáilte Ireland under its National Festivals and Events Programme for 11 key national festivals and events to take place later this year.

Longford/Westmeath Fien Gael TD, Gabrielle McFadden, has applauded Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney for securing approval with the European Commission to allow ‘Old Young Farmers’ qualify for important funding under the National Reserve.

Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sean Kyne, has welcomed the news that some of the ‘Old Young Farmers’ are to be classed as a “group suffering a specific disadvantage”, bringing to an end an anomaly that meant they missed out on supports to young farmers.