Senator Regina Doherty

Restrictions on ‘Section 39’ groups, which provide valuable services to communities across the country, must be addressed in the next Budget, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Zigimantas Gridziuska, who was involved in a hit and run incident which the claimed the life of a young man, should be banned from entering the State for the entirety of his lifetime, according to Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty.

Securing the continuity terms and conditions of Ireland’s Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter crews must be guaranteed, amid increased concerns surrounding the awarding of the SAR contract to Bristow Ltd, commencing in July 2025, according to a Fine Gael Senator.

Authorities at Irish and EU level will need to mitigate the expense to consumers that will inevitably come with the decarbonisation of the aviation sector, a Fine Gael Senator has said. 

There is a need for local authorities to show greater ambition in identifying vacant sites for the construction of purpose-built Affordable Purchase homes, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Ireland’s horticulture sector is facing extinction unless support is provided urgently, a Fine Gael Senator said.

The RTÉ board member who chairs the audit and risk committee must come before the Oireachtas this week to explain what she knows about the undisclosed payments scandal, according to a Fine Gael Senator.

Ireland has come a long way in terms of advancing the rights of LGBTQ+ people, but we have much more to do, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The announcement today by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) at an Oireachtas committee that controversial charges on ‘drop-off’ zones in Dublin Airport will not proceed is a welcome development for motorists, Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty has said.

Irish horticultural producers must be supported by Government amid skyrocketing energy costs and supply shortages, a Fine Gael Senator has said.