Senator Linda Nelson Murray

A scheme to combat childhood food poverty during the summer holiday period must be extended and made permanent, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Providing a cold lunch option and offering different portion sizes are some of the recommendations emerging from an extensive national survey on the Hot School Meals Programme.

Work to establish a National Flood Insurance Scheme to protect homeowners, renters and businesses who are increasingly exposed to flood risk must start now, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

A major national survey on the Hot School Meals Programme has begun today.

Introducing a consent-based approach to retirement will ensure workers have more freedom to choose when to retire, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

An awareness campaign is needed, as well as improved incentives to encourage eligible blood donors to understand the life-saving impact of their donation, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The permanent reduction of college fees of €500 is a meaningful step towards making third-level in Ireland more accessible for student and families, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Families are again facing into September without buses to get children to school and urgently need common sense solutions, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Students should be encouraged to work part-time as much as they can while in college, without risking any cuts to their SUSI grant, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Unsustainable insurance costs for businesses should be comprehensively dealt with under the new Action Plan for Insurance Reform, a Fine Gael Senator has said.