Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD

When we planned this strategy- this launch- we could hardly have anticipated that in the preceding Misdsummer days and the Pacific nights we would be given a masterclass in exactly what it might mean and how it should be done.

The long term remediation of former Irish Tanners site at Portlaw Co. Waterford is a step closer now following a commitment from Minister Paudie Coffey, T.D., to support a phased action plan by Waterford City and County Council to assess the environmental condition of the site and inform the investigation of the longer-term options for use of the site and to initiate remediation and reuse of the site.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central, Paschal Donohoe TD, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the signing of revised event licensing regulations by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly TD, and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Paudie Coffey TD, saying the new structures will ensure that the confusion and conflict that arose last summer in respect of the scheduling of certain outdoor events is not repeated again in the future.

“New licensing regulations will help to protect the residents around Marley Park by tightening the requirements for holding concerts,” says Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Olivia Mitchell.

“Legislation providing for the introduction of new Healthy Workplace policies for the public sector shows that this Government is serious about making Ireland healthier”, says Dan Neville, Fine Gael Party Chairperson and TD for Limerick.

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, has said that the new ‘Shop Local’ vouchers launched by Dundalk Chamber will boost local business.

Minister for the Diaspora and TD for Kerry, Jimmy Deenihan, has welcomed the confirmation from the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, that €45,000 is to be allocated towards the conservation of Tomas O’Criomhthain’s house on Great Blasket Island.

“Fianna Fáil voted against Fine Gael’s job creation strategy that has now been proven to work,” according to Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon TD.

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes, has today (Monday) asked for an urgent meeting with the EU Commission to discuss the poor take up of the EU Cross Border Health Directive in Ireland.