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Minister Bruton announces €125million first Development Capital Fund

MML Growth Capital Ireland Fund to focus on Irish SMEs.

Feighan welcomes €12 million funding approval to upgrade Roscommon water schemes

Fine Gael Roscommon/South Leitrim TD, Frank Feighan, has warmly welcomed the capital funding approval of €12 million for the construction of five new water treatment plants and one pumping station on the Arigna, Boyle/Ardcarne, Roscommon Central and South Roscommon Regional water Supply Schemes. The company which successfully tendered for the project was Glan Agua Ltd.

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Bord na Móna and Coillte are not included under the Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Finance

To ask the Minister for Finance if the installation of a rainwater harvesting system qualifies for the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Local Government Bill 2013

For as long as I have been involved in politics we have been talking about political reform, and recently I have heard people talk about so-called real political reform. I believe this Bill is genuinely reforming from a structural and administrative perspective and from a functional perspective.

Bannon - Freedom of Information Bill 2013 to bring transparency and Reform to government

Naughton Walks The Walk in support of Motor Neurone Research

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if in view of the failure of the company's efforts to set up a grey market for company shares, if he is in a position to respond to the former ESB staff requests that the State should buy back the ESOP shares or any portion of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change current building guidelines to encourage the use of rainwater harvesting in new developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Finance

To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to allocate additional resources to deal with the growing problem of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter?