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EN finegael.ie Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:13:29 GMT http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37257 Dún Laoghaire Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett has described the Government’s plans to slash local roads maintenance budgets by €150 million as indefensible in the extreme, and said they represent a €3 million cut in Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown’s €8.7 million allocation promised in February. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37257 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37256 Fine Gael Cork TD Deirdre Clune has been told by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the planned new prison for Cork will not proceed until the new Dublin prison at Thornton Hall is under construction. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37256 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37255 Offence of gangland membership is critical http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37255 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37251 Fine Gael Justice Spokesman Charlie Flanagan TD has welcomed the publication of the Covert Surveillance Bill and called for its urgent implementation. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37251 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37248 Fine Gael Spokesperson on Communication, Energy & Natural Resources, Simon Coveney TD, today (Thursday) welcomed the announcement by the ESB of the creation of up to 3,700 new jobs in the Green technology area but said the Government must now harness all possible opportunities which exist for job creation in this sector. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37248 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37245 More Community Gardaí are needed on the beat in Dublin City Centre to deter drug dealers from plying their trade, especially in civic spaces, according to Fine Gael's Justice Spokesperson Charlie Flanagan T.D. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37245 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37244 New developments in the US on legalising the undocumented Irish must be fully backed by pressure from the Irish Government, according to Fine Gael Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Spokesman Michael Ring TD. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37244 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37247 High Level Group to address trafficking and victims rights must be established urgently Following today's (Thursday) publication of the Immigrant Council of Ireland's report on sex trafficking and prostitution revealed the scale of the sex trade in Ireland, it is clear that Ireland must put legislation and services in place for victims as a matter of urgency, according to Fine Gael Spokesperson for Immigration and Integration, Denis Naughten TD. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37247 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37243 Leaky water supplies force businesses to pay higher rates http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37243 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37242 With thousands of newly redundant workers facing the grim prospect of having the new higher income levy backdated on their redundancy payments, Fine Gael Deputy Leader & Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton TD has called on Brian Lenihan to close this ‘scandalous’ Budget loophole. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37242 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37250 Fine Gael Justice Spokesman Charlie Flanagan TD has welcomed the publication of the Covert Surveillance Bill and called for its urgent implementation. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37250 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37246 Local Authorities who are owed levies should move quickly and examine the unsold properties of developers in default, according to Terence Flanagan, Fine Gael Housing Spokesman. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37246 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37249 Sixty years ago this week, a Fine Gael Taoiseach, John A Costello, declared Ireland a Republic. The birth of the Republic was welcomed in celebrations throughout the country and in Dublin with a 21 gun salute from O'Connell Bridge just after midnight. Newspapers of the time record that at least 40 people collapsed that night on O'Connell Bridge. They do not record whether this was a result of high spirits, or spirits of an entirely different kind. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37249 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37237 The Government's plans to change the work permit rules will force many migrants who are currently contributing to the economy into the €3.5bn* black economy and trap many more migrants in dole queues at an additional cost to the taxpayer of €200m per year according to Fine Gael Spokesperson on Immigration & Integration, Denis Naughten TD. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37237 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37236 Fine Gael Dublin Mid-West Senator, Frances Fitzgerald, has said it is with great sadness that she has learned of the 130 job losses at technology firm, Xilinx in Citywest. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37236 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37235 Move would save €2M in substitution fees Keep teachers employed Protect 18:1 pupil teacher ratio at second level http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37235 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37234 As a new survey shows that 3,300 more cars are coming into Dublin city centre than four years ago, Fine Gael Seanad Transport Spokesman and Dublin Central candidate Senator Paschal Donohoe has put forward simple but effective proposals to improve public transport in the city. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37234 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37233 Fine Gael Education Spokesman Brian Hayes TD, speaking from the INTO conference in Letterkenny, has welcomed Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe’s U-turn on school prefabs after he announced plans to engage directly with prefab suppliers on rental costs. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37233 http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37232 Ireland North West Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has called on the public to make sure they are listed on the electoral register for the forthcoming European and local elections. http://www.finegael.ie//News/index.cfm/type/details/pkey/653/nkey/37232