Charlie Flanagan, TD

Budget 2023 cuts the cost of education to help pupils, students, and their families, according to the Chair of the Oireachtas Education Committee, Paul Kehoe TD, and the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Education, Senator Aisling Dolan.

The extension of the Help To Buy Scheme by two years is positive and will give certainty to first-time buyers, according to Fine Gael Senator John Cummins and Deputy Emer Higgins.

Fine Gael is backing businesses and jobs in Budget 2023 with a range of measures that will help companies pay their energy bills this winter, said two Fine Gael Senators.

Today’s cost of living budget will give individuals and families more disposable income and help them meet rising household and energy costs, according to a Fine Gael TD and Senator

Squeezed middle income earners would fare badly under Sinn Féin’s error-ridden cash payment plan, according to Fine Gael TD, Kieran O’Donnell.

Ireland has been ranked as the best country in the EU, and one of the best countries in the world, in which to grow old, a Fine Gael TD has said.

A Fine Gael Senator has called for the Central Bank of Ireland to bring greater flexibility to its mortgage lending rules in order to assist first time buyers secure a home. Speaking in the Seanad this week Senator Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire) raised the issue with the Minister for Finance and suggested the Central Bank change the mortgage interest rules, particularly as they relate to deposits required by first-time buyers.

Businesses have been given absolute certainty ahead of the Budget that they will continue to be assisted into 2023, a Fine Gael conference has heard.

A funding boost for a community-based organisation FamiliBase will provide huge opportunities for young people in the Ballyfermot/ Cherry Orchard area, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Sinn Féin is a high-tax, anti-jobs party and would wreck the economy if given the chance, a Fine Gael Minister has said.