Martin Heydon, TD

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, that international design practice, BDP, have been appointed as architects for the new children’s hospital on the St. James’s Hospital site in Dublin 8.

Fine Gael candidate in the Roscommon/South Leitrim bye-election, Maura Hopkins, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney that the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, worth some €149m nationally, has started issuing, on schedule, today.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central, Catherine Byrne, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, that international design practice, BDP, have been appointed as architects for the new children’s hospital on the St. James’s Hospital site in Dublin 8.

Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Patrick O’Donovan, speaking today (Wednesday) at the Transport Committee pre-legislative scrutiny on the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014,

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Member of the Oireachtas Health Committee and former Louth Senior manager, Peter Fitzpatrick, has welcomed the establishment of Sport Ireland, a new body which will combine the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus. Deputy Fitzpatrick was speaking in the Dáil today on the Sports Ireland Bill 2014.

common agricultural policy review has been of benefit to the agri-sector

beef producer concerns regarding the price paid to the producers

losses incurred by producers involved in rearing bull beef has served a means of making future provision

various stakeholders in the beef sector with particular reference to the need to address the ongoing issues of peaks and troughs resulting in substantial reduction in income to producers

Common Fisheries Policy review has positively affected the fishing industry