Minister for Energy Alex White today (Wednesday) said there must be an early review of Government capital spending plans to allow increased state investment in energy efficiency programmes to help Ireland meet its commitments on global warming and reduced carbon emissions. Speaking at the Dublin launch of the 2016 Better Energy Communities grant scheme, which…

Speaking on Motion of Confidence-  Check against delivery A Cheann Comhairle, I’m pleased to have the opportunity to support the motion that the House has confidence in me as Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection. I was appointed Minister in 2011. As one of the Labour team which negotiated the Programme for Government with Fine…

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin TD, has announced the establishment of an Interdepartmental Group, led by his Department, to examine the issues arising from prevailing retirement ages for workers in both the public and private sectors, in the context of the increase in the State Pension age from 65 to…

It is disappointing, but hardly surprising, that Ruth Coppinger and her hard left colleagues continue to play political football with the issue of housing and homelessness. The one consistent thing about Ruth Coppinger, the AAA, and People Before Profit is that, unlike the Labour Party, they prefer perpetual protest to actually delivering homes and solutions…

Sinn Fein’s charter for older people is a last-minute, desperate attempt to shore up support from a section of society they have completely ignored since 2011. Sinn Fein are not serious about investing in the elderly, in the same way they aren’t serious about being in Government. The party’s pre-Budget submission completely ignored older people…

Dublin Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Sean Kenny, has said that the new mediation service for tenants and landlords announced today is to be welcomed. Deputy Kenny stated: “The new service has been commenced as part of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 and will be operational shortly. The mediation services…

Labour TD Brendan Ryan has welcomed the news that increased passenger traffic in Dublin Airport has led to the creation of 350 new jobs by the DAA. Deputy Ryan stated: “As a TD for Dublin Fingal, I am pleased by today’s announcement and that it comes on foot of a bumper year for Dublin Airport….

Speaking at the Central Area Joint Policing Committee at City Hall this morning, Deputy Joe Costello raised the serious problem of scrambler bikes on the streets of the North Inner City. Deputy Costello was referring to an incident on Christmas Eve in which a young man on a scrambler bike crashed into a Garda patrol…