Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith says the government needs to step up its efforts to prepare businesses and farmers along the Border for Brexit next year. The agrifood, engineering and construction products sectors, which have large bases in Cavan and Monaghan, are heavily dependent on exports to Northern Ireland and the British market. […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Brexit Lisa Chambers TD has said that she hopes that the Brexit White Paper which is due to be published by the UK Government this week goes ahead despite the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. Deputy Chambers commented, “Whilst the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson are matters […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Employment Affairs and Social Protection Willie O’Dea TD has said that changes introduced by Fine Gael and Labour during the last Government hindered rather than helped lone parents. O’Dea made his comments on foot of a report from the ESRI which showed that changes to the One Parent Family Payment resulted […]
“Two years after the UK voted to leave the EU, and with just nine months until it does, Irish business remains woefully ill prepared for its implications,” said Fianna Fáil’s Business, Enterprise and Innovation Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher TD. Deputy Kelleher was commenting after receiving a series of parliamentary responses from the Department on the level […]
Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has highlighted the lack of balanced regional development with An Taoiseach as he says thousands of people are forced to travel from the Roscommon/Galway constituency on a daily basis for employment purposes. Speaking in the Dáil this week under Questions of Promised Legislation Deputy Murphy referenced the recent announcement in […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo-Leitrim Eamon Scanlon says plans to close the fire station in Ballyshannon are wrong and should be reconsidered. He raised the issue during a Fianna Fáil debate on the retention of Dublin Fire Brigade this week. “Fire service management in Co. Donegal have recommended the amalgamation of fire services at Ballyshannon […]
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