Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Michael Moynihan TD has criticised the rushed announcement tonight that despite early indications the sale of Bord Gáis had been taken off the table, the key asset will now be sold at less than the market value.   Deputy Moynihan also criticised the timing of […]

In response to the media reports that the HSE is recruiting nurses from abroad, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher said this “flies in the face of basic common sense while we have hundreds of Irish nurses are emigrating from these shores every month.  “This further underlines the fact that the Minister Reilly is not in charge […]

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I welcome it as an important step in the state’s progress towards ratifying the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It bears some relation to the earlier legislation drafted by Dermot Ahern when he was Minister for Justice. That Bill […]

Padraic Vallely has been selected by Fianna Fail members to represent their party in the local election for Cork County Council next May. If you live in Ballincollig, Ballinhassig, Carrigaline (City), Donnybrook, Douglas, Frankfield, Grange, Monkstown, Passage West, Ringaskiddy, Rochestown, Togher Rural, Waterfall and Wilton your vote will be for the Carrigaline – Ballincollig electoral […]

Around 200 parents, teachers and members of the community have attended a public meeting in Carndonagh to voice their concerns about severe cuts to small schools and the growing threat of forced amalgamations. The meeting, organised by local TD and Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education Charlie McConalogue, took place at Túl Na Rí last night […]

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has called for the Minister for Health to clarify his role in the issuing of a letter to patients suffering from narcolepsy which said payments for their medical expenses were to cease. Deputy Kelleher made the comments after the chief executive of the HSE said he would set […]