Senator Eileen Lynch

SUSI needs to show flexibility and common sense to students and families whose college grant applications may be negatively affected by delays in farming payments, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Ireland must continue to play a strong role in negotiating the next round of EU funding available to tackle gender-based violence, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The European Commission’s proposal for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must have farmers at the forefront of decision making, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Adults with disabilities are facing difficulties accessing disability day services through a lack of transport to get them there, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The Minister for Postal Services must provide much needed funding to the Post Office Network to ensure that rural post offices are not lost, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

GAA county boards across the country should gift newborns with a club jersey, said a Fine Gael Senator.

It is essential to ringfence the current Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) budget and provide more funding to help farmers attain their environmental goals, said a Fine Gael Senator.

The Minister for Social Protection must address an anomaly in the social welfare system which prevents young widowed people from accessing the Illness Benefit payment if they are off sick from work, said a Fine Gael Senator.

There is a clear need for the Minister for the Environment to publish national guidelines on the locations of biomethane plants, said a Fine Gael Senator.