Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Michael Kitt, has expressed his disappointment at the announcement that there has been a delay in providing a gas network to Athenry. In reply to a Parliamentary Question, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources informed Deputy Kitt that in 2006, the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) approved […]

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Michael Kitt, says the Government is failing in its promise to eliminate long-term homelessness by 2016. Deputy Kitt raised the issue of long-term homelessness during a special debate in the Dáil last week and called for urgent action from the Government. “Earlier this year, the Government said it would […]

Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White has called on the government to address the unsatisfactory early figures for Microfinance Ireland. The scheme was launched on October 1 2012 by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton as an initiative to aid microenterprises through the availability of loans from €2,000 up to €25,000. Speaking in the […]

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children Robert Troy has said the delayed hearing on the Child and Family Agency Bill at the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Children should be used in order to address significant gaps in legislation and expand the scope of protections for vulnerable children. Deputy Troy commented: “The Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has […]

Mayo Fianna Fáil Deputy Dara Calleary has paid tribute to Martin J O’Toole, a former Fianna Fáil TD, Senator and Councillor from Louisburgh Co Mayo who passed away last night. Deputy Calleary said, “I was deeply saddened to learn of Martin J’s death.  He was a valued colleague, a close family friend for many years […]

The Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin has extended his deepest sympathies to the family of former Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Martin J. O’Toole, who died last night at the age of 88. Deputy Martin said, “It is with great sadness that I learned last night of the death of Martin J. O’Toole.  “Martin was one […]