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Which Department will Fianna Fáil abolish Micheál - Byrne

Which department does Fianna Fáil propose to abolish following their party leader’s call for a new portfolio for higher education, a Fine Gael Senator has asked.

17th July 2019

Erasmus should be extended to older persons – Richmond

With an increase to the Erasmus budget on the horizon, the programme should be extended to older persons, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

16th July 2019

Motor insurers in the slow lane on Brexit – Richmond

The motor insurance industry needs to step up its game in terms of Brexit and send green cards to their customers, according to Fine Gael Senator Neale Richmond.

15th July 2019

More Awareness Needed for PSA Testing – Noone

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has called for wider awareness and a reminder system to be introduced for men to avail of the PSA test.

7th July 2019

Game-changing coverage of Women’s World Cup a chance to transform women’s sports - Richmond

RTÉ and TG4’s game-changing coverage of the Women’s World Cup has shown how far women’s sports has come - and is a chance to push for seismic change here, a Fine Gael Senator has said. 

7th July 2019

Eir’s rising costs creates confusion for National Broadband Plan – O’Connell

Eir’s projected costs for the National Broadband Plan are becoming more confusing and escalating every day, Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell has said.

2nd July 2019

Fianna Fáil and Greens need to come clean with Dubliners about empty promises in uncosted plan– Rock

After less than two weeks the agreement underpinning the Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition on Dublin City Council has been exposed as nothing more than a list of aspirational ideas with no thought behind them, a Fine Gael TD has said.

27th June 2019

Further confusion over Eir’s numbers - Lombard

More questions have arisen over the figures that Eir presented to the Oireachtas Communications Committee yesterday, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

26th June 2019

Confusion created by Eir’s broadband figures - Lombard

Eir’s claims that they could complete the National Broadband Plan to every home across the country simply do not add up and only created confusion, Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said.

25th June 2019

Convicted Sex Offenders need to be banned from dating Apps for life – Noone

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has called for the courts to ban convicted sex offenders for life from using apps that will put them in contact with unsuspecting members of the public.

24th June 2019

Minister Mitchell O’Connor announces landmark opening of Call for Applications to the Senior Academic leadership Initiative

Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. Minister of State with special responsibility for Higher Education today (21st June 2019) announced the opening of the call for applications to the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative; a targeted positive action initiative which aims to accelerate gender balance at senior positions in Irish higher education institutions. Minister Mitchell O’Connor said “I am delighted and proud to be able to launch the HEA’s call today to higher education institutions to apply for the new and additional professorial and senior lecturer level 3 academic posts that will now be made available under the senior academic leadership initiative.

21st June 2019

Fianna Fáil maternity care hypocrisy – O’Connell

Fine Gael TD, Kate O’Connell, has criticised Fianna Fáil’s hypocrisy on the issue of maternity care. Deputy O’Connell who is a member of the Oireachtas Health Committee was speaking ahead of the Dáil debate on a motion from Fianna Fáil on maternity services.

19th June 2019