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€8.3m allocated for the maintenance of roads in Longford and Westmeath - McFadden

Fine Gael TD for Longford/ Westmeath Gabrielle McFadden has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that €8.3 million has been granted to counties Longford and Westmeath for improvement and maintenance works on roads.

22nd December 2015

‘Voluntary’ school payments will come to an end – Daly

Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Jim Daly, who also is Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Education Committee, has welcomed the news that the practise of primary schools demanding cash payments from parents will come to an end.

21st December 2015

Spend time with your elderly friends and neighbours this Christmas - McFadden

Fine Gael TD for Longford/Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden, has reminded everyone to spend some time with their elderly friends and neighbours this Christmas.

21st December 2015

Punchestown to benefit from €6.2m redevelopment plan – Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, and Chair of Fine Gael’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Martin Heydon, has said that Punchestown Racecourse will benefit from a significant upgrade to the value of €6.2 million.

21st December 2015

Flooding to become ever more frequent issue in the midlands – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that while the local response to recent flooding has been fantastic, preparations for more frequent incidents must be made as climate change becomes an issue.

21st December 2015

Do SF candidates support the courts? – O’Donovan

“All Sinn Fèin candidates planning to go before the people need to state if they share their party leader’s attitude to the justice system or if they support the courts?”, says Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan.

21st December 2015

Minister Coffey welcomes successful outcome for fishing quotas for Waterford

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has welcomed the successful outcome of the negotiations for fishing quotas for 2016. This agreement was negotiated by my colleague Minister for Agriculture, Food and The Marine Simon Coveney TD in Brussells that will benefit Fishermen around Waterford and in particular Dunmore East.

20th December 2015

Tax equalisation will benefit self-employed people and create jobs in Waterford- Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has said that new tax equalisation measures will benefit self- employed people in Waterford, helping to create even more jobs.

20th December 2015

€20 million City Courthouse Refurbishment works to begin in coming weeks – Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has said that he was delighted to receive confirmation from his Ministerial Colleague, Minister of Justice Frances Fitzgerald TD that the works for the refurbishment and extension of Waterford City Courthouse are due to begin in the coming weeks after the contracts were signed. Minister Coffey said the total cost of this project will amount to around €20 million and will expand the current number of court rooms from two to six.

20th December 2015

5 years ago today FF introduced USC. FG will abolish it - English

Five years on from the introduction of the USC by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael is on course to abolish the punitive tax according to Fine Gael TD for Meath West and Minister of State, Damien English.

17th December 2015