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Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the revised incremental salary scales to address the imbalance between those who entered the public service since 2011 and those who entered before that date, as referenced in the Haddington Road Agreement, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

6th January 2014

Announcement of €12bn in agricultural sector a positive investment – Durkan 16th January 2014

Fine Gael Kildare North TD, Bernard Durkan, has today (Thursday) welcomed this week's announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, of an investment of over €12 billion in agriculture sector between now and 2020.

6th January 2014

Announcement of €12bn in agricultural sector a positive investment – Durkan 16th January 2014

Fine Gael Kildare North TD, Bernard Durkan, has today (Thursday) welcomed this week's announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, of an investment of over €12 billion in agriculture sector between now and 2020.

6th January 2014

€32.5M for sustainable transport projects in Greater Dublin Area – Varadkar

Funding of €32.5 million for almost 200 sustainable transport projects in the Dublin region from the National Transport Authority, including the further development of 47 cycle routes, has been announced by Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar and Minster of State for Commuter Transport Alan Kelly.

5th January 2014

Mitchell O’Connor welcomes removal of plastic surgery app aimed at children

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the fact that a plastic surgery app aimed at children as young as nine has been removed from iTunes and Google Play.

5th January 2014

Irish Water spending must be scrutinised - but FF has no credibility on the matter - Coffey

Fine Gael TD for Waterford and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Paudie Coffey, has criticised the efforts by Fianna Fail to score political points in relation to the consultancy fees spent by Irish Water. Deputy Coffey was speaking following the Party’s Private Members Bill in Dáil Eireann.

5th January 2014

Immediate dialogue must be pursued to resolve Liebherr dispute - Coghlan

Fine Gael Kerry Senator and Seanad Chief Whip, Paul Coghlan, has today (Wednesday) appealed to both sides involved in the Liebherr dispute to engage in immediate dialogue. Senator Coghlan was speaking during Order of Business in the Seanad this afternoon.

5th January 2014

Feighan welcomes planning go-ahead for regional ambulance base in Roscommon

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has warmly welcomed Roscommon County Council’s decision to give the planning go-ahead to develop an ambulance base at the former Garda Station in Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon.

5th January 2014

Every Lidl helps in fight against obesity – Noone

Fine Gael Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has today praised the supermarket chain Lidl as showing leadership and putting the health of its customers and their children above profiteering after it announced that it would no longer be selling sweets at checkout counters in its UK supermarkets. Senator Noone has written to Lidl Ireland urging them to do the same in their branches here.

5th January 2014

Coffey welcomes focus in dairy sector as part of €12.5bn Rural Development Programme

Fine Gael Waterford TD, Paudie Coffey, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the focus on the dairy sector as set out in the Government’s plans to invest €12.5 billion in the agri-food industry between now and 2020. Deputy Coffey added that a resurgence in the dairy sector, thanks to the abolition of milk quotas next year, will be particularly positive for Waterford with the development of the new Glanbia facility at Belview Port.

5th January 2014