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Sinn Féin water policy to land taxpayers with €550m bill — O’Donovan

Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O'Donovan has said that Sinn Féin are again misleading the Irish people about water charges, after Pearse Doherty, today (Wednesday), failed to provide clarity on how they will pay for their proposal to reverse the charges.

8th October 2014

Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Enda Kenny T.D. Launch of Pathways to Work 2015 Italian Room – Government Buildings

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to the launch of the latest update to the Government’s Pathway’s to Work plan to get Ireland working again.

7th October 2014

Still no sign of Sinn Féin’s pre-budget submission

Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan, has today (Tuesday) called on Sinn Féin to explain the delay in publishing their pre-budget submission. The party was due to make public its pre-budget submission today but postponed it at short notice without explanation.

7th October 2014

Vehicle Registration figures show that consumer confidence in the economy is growing - Farrell

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell is delighted with the latest CSO Vehicle Registration figures which show a 34.4% hike in the number of new private cars registered in September 2014 compared to last year, reflecting the public’s confidence in a growing economy.

7th October 2014

The €6 billion budget black hole Sinn Féin must explain — Harris

SF's position on water charges would cost €850 million

6th October 2014

Unemployment down almost 10% in a year - Collins

Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Áine Collins, has welcomed this week’s CSO figures showing that the numbers of people signing on to the Live Register has decreased by almost 10% year on year.

6th October 2014

Ericsson announcement good news for Athlone – McFadden

Fine Gael TD for Longford Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden, has welcomed today’s announcement by Ericsson that they have signed an €80 million contract with eircom. The new arrangement makes Ericsson the sole vendor for eircom’s radio access solutions for 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution), 3G and 2G mobile technologies across Ireland.

3rd October 2014

Orange Hall fire is a serious act of criminality - McGinley

Fine Gael TD for Donegal, Dinny McGinley, has said that the malicious burning of the Orange Hall in Convoy and the attempt to set the Presbyterian Church in Convoy on fire, coming in the wake of the destruction by fire of the Orange Hall in Newtown Cunningham, is to be utterly and completely condemned.

3rd October 2014

Almost 700 new jobs announced in the last 24 hours – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has today (Thursday) welcomed the news that 690 new jobs have been announced in three locations over the past twenty four hours.

2nd October 2014

End of Quarter 3 Exchequer Returns Evidence of Improving Economic Conditions

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin today published the Exchequer Statement up to the end of Q3 2014.

2nd October 2014

Hayes urges Government to act on tracker mortgage issue

Brian Hayes MEP today (Thursday) urged the Government to work with the ECB in getting the tracker mortgage issue resolved following this afternoon's ECB Governing Council meeting where details of the ECB's Asset Backed Securities programme were revealed.

2nd October 2014

Home grown holidays a real boost to Irish tourism - Harrington

Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Noel Harrington, has today (Thursday) welcomed CSO figures showing that the number of people holidaying at home in Ireland grew by 6.7% for the first half of 2014 compared to the corresponding timeframe last year.

2nd October 2014