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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?

Minister Reilly announces changes to Risk Equalisation Credits to protect community-rated health insurance for all

The Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly TD today (12 November 2013) announced changes to risk equalisation credits that will apply in the private health insurance market from 1st March next.

Plans for 8-bed Palliative Care Centre on track at County Hospital following funding approval by Mayo/Roscommon Hospice – Feighan

Fine Gael Roscommon/South Leitrim TD, Frank Feighan, has said that plans for an 8-bed Palliative Care Centre at Roscommon County Hospital are well on track following total funding approval of €14m by Mayo/Roscommon Hospice for this development and a similar project in Mayo.

16 month fall in a row – Indication progress is being made on getting people back to work