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FairCare

18. May 2010

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I was delighted to meet with Dr. James Reilly TD recently and hear his vision for Irish Health services. We in Fine Gael understand that this is a hugely complex issue and don’t pretend to have all the answers. But what we are doing is very clearly setting out our plan for Health Services in [...]

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Fine Gael Business Forum

23. April 2010

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Click Here to access the report of the Fine Gael Business Forum

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Credit Review Office

16. April 2010

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Businesses struggling to access credit from banks should contact the Credit Review Office In the December 2009 budget, the Minister for Finance announced the setting-up of an office to help ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sole traders and farm enterprises have access to credit from the banks who are participating in the [...]

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Shocking over usage of prefabs in Co. Wicklow’s Schools

25. March 2010

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I was delighted when my party’s education spokesperson, Brian Hayes TD, undertook a survey and revealed a county by county breakdown in the total number of prefabs in use in primary school education. Deputy Hayes utilised information from several Parliamentary Questions relating to the number of prefabs and the number of pupils in each county and [...]

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Wicklow County Council must issue payment orders for grants

28. October 2009

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I have called on Wicklow County Council to immediately process and issue payment orders for Higher Education grants to ensure no undue hardship is inured by the students of Wicklow. It is imperative that Wicklow County Council swiftly process and issue payment orders for any outstanding grant applications. On Friday we had a situation where students [...]

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