Fergus O'Dowd, TD

Dáil Question No: 7 To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the upgrading of the N7; when works will be scheduled to commence; the expected completion time for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will consider including the Sapropterin drug, Kuvan, in its Re-imbursement Scheme, in order to help patients here with Phenylketonuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the location of the new Educate Together secondary school to serve the Stepaside/Ballinteer area, Dublin which is due to open in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the legislation governing the Rent-A-Room Scheme prohibits the exclusion of Airbnb from the scheme or if this is an interpretation of the legislation by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to respond positively to the Council of Europe Development Bank request to supplement their proposed new grant facility to finance emergency reception and transit centres of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Fianna Fáil have abandoned all pretence of being interested in the economy. They prefer to engage in political theatrics to disguise the fact that they have no economic plan to secure the recovery.

“The recent recovery in the jobs market has saved the taxpayer approximately €3 billion,” says Fine Gael Cork South West TD, and Chair of Fine Gael’s Internal Social Protection Committee Noel Harrington.

Brian Hayes, Fine Gael MEP, today (Tuesday) welcomed Ireland's tax measures which bring us into line with international tax principles but said that we should not adopt measures which are out of sync with other countries. Mr. Hayes made the following comments after reports that Ireland is set to become one of the first countries to introduce country-by-country tax reporting:

Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Áine Collins, has welcomed the announcement of a new wastewater treatment plant for Cork, saying it will secure the future of Cork’s water quality standards. The plant is part of the €91 million Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project.

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has said that a new zoning category for ‘affordable residential accommodation’ could be part of the efforts to increase our housing supply by incentivising private developers.