News & Statements
Murphy welcomes €2 billion EU boost for Irish farming and rural jobs
The Minister for European Affairs, Dara Murphy, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the European Commission’s formal approval for Ireland's €2 billion Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, under the revised Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).
TTIP offers massive opportunities for the Irish economy – Bruton & Kelly
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, and Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South, Sean Kelly, have said that the EU-US trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) offers massive opportunities for the Irish economy. They were speaking at a TTIP information seminar, organised by Mr Kelly today (Tuesday) in Dublin.
A Yes for Marriage Equality is a Yes for inclusiveness – Corcoran Kennedy
Vice Chairperson of Fine Gael LGBT and TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy has today (Monday) congratulated everyone involved in the Yes campaign on the result of the Marriage Equality Referendum on Saturday.
Marriage Bill 2015 to be enacted by the end of July – Minister Fitzgerald
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD, has today announced her intention to have the Marriage Bill 2015 enacted by the end of July.
Statement by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD on the death of Bill O’Herlihy
I was deeply saddened to hear of the untimely death of Bill O’Herlihy.
There needs to be a system that monitors variable mortgage rates into the future – Hayes
Brian Hayes, Fine Gael MEP for Dublin today (Monday) said that variable mortgage rates need to be monitored into the future to ensure that rates do not become as excessive as they are today.
Speech by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D. on the Marriage Equality Referendum
The first country in the world to vote for equal marriage. I welcome that and thank all those who voted yesterday. In the privacy of the ballot box they made a public statement.
Statement from Cllr David FitzGerald
Speaking following the final count of the Carlow/Kilkenny Bye Election, Fine Gael’s Cllr David FitzGerald has congratulated Bobby Aylward on his success and thanked everyone involved in his own campaign.
2,000 more health jobs in last year demonstrates sector’s role in economic recovery – Varadkar
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, will tonight tell the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland that 2,000 jobs have been created in health in both the public and private sector in the last year. He will tell the College that the health sector should get much more recognition as an important employer and revenue generator, with a further role to play in economic growth.
Farming entitlements do not automatically transfer with the testamentary will of land warns Senator D’Arcy
Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy, has highlighted that when a farmer wills his/her lands, the farming entitlements do not automatically transfer to the recipient of the will.