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Government announces funding to meet immediate life-saving needs in Northern Iraq

The Government today announced funding of €500,000 in emergency response to the devastating conflict and unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq, with a focus on minority groups and vulnerable women and children.

3rd August 2014

Now is the time for young people to consider careers in construction - Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has advised that as young people make career choices, college construction courses and construction-related apprenticeships deserve careful consideration.

3rd August 2014

FF's IMF call a strange case of déjà vu - Harris

Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Fine Gael TD for Wicklow-East Carlow, Simon Harris, today (Tuesday) welcomed Michael McGrath's new found support for Finance Minister Michael Noonan's efforts to continue to reduce the debt burden on the Irish people.

2nd August 2014

Irish Rail strike will discommode thousands of GAA fans and damage business – O’Mahony

Fine Gael TD for Mayo and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Committee, John O’Mahony has, today (Tuesday), appealed to Irish Rail employees

2nd August 2014

Minister Flanagan statement on the case of Ibrahim Halawa

Minister Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, has expressed his concern over the case of Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish citizen who has been detained in Egypt since August 2013.

2nd August 2014

Minister Frances Fitzgerald publishes investigation report by Judge Michael Reilly

Frances Fitzgerald T.D, Minister for Justice and Equality, has today published the report submitted to her by Judge Michael Reilly of his investigation into the handling of warrants in the case of Celyn Eadon.

2nd August 2014

Plain Packaging legislation will not go up in smoke – Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has today (Tuesday) stated that the Government is determined to proceed with the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. He was speaking after it emerged that German politicians and lobby groups had been exerting pressure on the Irish Government to deter them from introducing plain packaging on cigarettes, as they feared it would damage the Irish economic recovery in some way.

2nd August 2014

Plain packaging won’t damage recovery - Noone

Fine Gael Senator for Dublin Catherine Noone, has today hit out at claims by German politicians and lobby groups that the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes would somehow damage the Irish economic recovery.

2nd August 2014

50,000 Irish students could study or train abroad under the EU funded Erasmus+ programme by 2020 – Hayes

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes, today (Friday) urged Irish students to give serious consideration to participating in the EU-funded Erasmus+ programme which enables students to study or train abroad. MEP Hayes estimates that up to 50,000 Irish students could have the opportunity to participate in the programme by 2020.

1st August 2014

Burke calls for tax incentive to help retain junior doctors

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator and Seanad Spokesperson for Health, Colm Burke, has today (Monday) called for the Minister for Finance to give serious consideration to the introduction of tax incentives to help retain junior doctors (NCHDs) in the Irish hospital system.

1st August 2014

Corcoran Kennedy calls on SF and opposition not to misinform people re water charges

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has called on Sinn Fein and in particular its Environment Spokesperson, Brian Stanley, to stop misleading people on the issue of water charges. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy also welcomed confirmation that the average annual charge per household will not exceed €240.

1st August 2014

Cummins calls on Sinn Féin to distance itself from comments that Palestine needs a “Canary Wharf”

Fine Gael Waterford Senator and the Party’s Leader in the Seanad, Maurice Cummins, has today (Friday) called on Sinn Féin to distance itself from comments made by Sinn Féin Councillor and Leader on Waterford County Council, John Hearne, that a Canary Wharf type incident is needed to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. Senator Cummins was speaking after the Seanad was reconvened yesterday to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

1st August 2014