Fianna Fáil’s candidate in the European Elections, Cllr Fitzpatrick said “In 2013 the Government announced the introduction of the Youth Guarantee Scheme with great fanfare. €200 million was to be invested in the scheme with one third of that being pledged by the Government to roll out The Youth Guarantee Scheme on a nationwide basis. […]

Latest figures released to Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher show that the number of discretionary medical cards has now fallen below 50,000 to 49,596. That means that over the past 3 years the government has taken away more than 30,000 of these cards, a reduction of 38.4%. Deputy Kelleher commented: “Now with an […]

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Brendan Smith has repeated his call on the Taoiseach to demand an independent inquiry into the Ballymurphy Massacre after Secretary of State Villiers rejected the need for an inquiry on Tuesday 29th April. The Ballymurphy Massacre was one of the worst atrocities of the British Army in Northern Ireland. […]

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Social Protection Willie O’Dea has welcomed the latest Live Register figures, which show a fall in the numbers signing on, but says he has a number of concerns about emerging trends.  The latest statistics reveal that 3,400 fewer people were on the Live Register in April, compared to the previous month. […]

Fianna Fáil’s MEP candidate for Midlands North West, Senator Thomas Byrne, will tomorrow (Wednesday) ask the Joint Oireachtas Finance Committee to bring in and question representatives of Permanent TSB following today’s announcement of an increase in their standard variable rate for mortgage customers to 4.5%, from 9 June.  The increase will also apply to buy-to-let […]