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Update: Encouraging Economic Recovery - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 16th October, 2014

encourage economic recovery broadly throughout the country

16th October 2014

Update: Economic and/or Unemployment Black Spots - Social Protection 16th October, 2014

economic and/or unemployment black spots have been identified throughout the country

16th October 2014

Update: Attracting New Investment - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 16th October, 2014

economy continues to be competitive in terms of attraction of new investment and encouraging indigenous investment

16th October 2014

Update: Appraisal of Infrastructural Deficiencies - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 16th October, 2014

appraisal has been done to determine the extent to which infrastructure required in the context of job creation is deficient in various regions throughout the country

16th October 2014

Speech by An Taoiseach – Budget 2015 15th October 2014 Dáil Éireann

A Cheann Comhairle, Yesterday this Government delivered its fourth Budget to the House. This is a Budget to secure our recovery and to get Ireland working again. A recovery that many in this House said was impossible.

15th October 2014

Savings from RTÉ Longwave closure are not great enough to justify cutting off the Irish abroad – O’Donovan

Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Patrick O’Donovan has called on RTÉ to reconsider their plan to close the longwave transmitter.

15th October 2014

Kehoe welcomes heavy investment in Justice including commitment for new Wexford Garda HQ

Government Chief Whip, Minister Paul Kehoe TD, is pleased that there will be heavy investment in the area of Justice specifically recruitment of Gardaí, the purchase of Garda vehicles and a commitment to the of the new Garda divisional Headquarters in Wexford.

15th October 2014

Joint Policing Committees can find solutions to local problems – Conway

Fine Gael Senator for Clare and the Party's Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Disability and Equality, Martin Conway, has today (Tuesday), welcomed the commencement by the Government Reform Unit of the Department of Public Expenditure of the Statute Law Revision Programme.

15th October 2014

Health budget an opportunity to refocus on delivering reforms - Buttimer

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has said the first budget since 2009 which does not cut the health budget offers an opportunity to stabilise the delivery of services and refocus reform.

15th October 2014

€88 million investment and 1,700 new posts for Education - D’Arcy

Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy has welcomed the news that €88 million is to be invested in education and that 1,700 new full time posts are to be created.

15th October 2014