Archive for : December, 2014

New Year’s Festival to be a tourism showcase for future opportunities   

31st December, 2014

As the NYF countdown continues, promotional opportunities come to the fore for tourism industry Almost 1,000 overseas travel agents and 1,200 international media were......

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Minister Donohoe pays end-year visit to the National Sports Campus

23rd December, 2014

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, today (Tuesday), paid an end-of-year visit to the National Sports Campus to view progress on the......

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Tourism remains on course for exceptional year  – Donohoe

22nd December, 2014

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Monday) welcomed the latest official data on overseas travel from the Central Statistics......

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Week’s events; Penalty points legislation, tourism look-back and ambitions for 2015 & investment in our roads

22nd December, 2014

Much of this week was given over to the amending legislation I was bringing through the Dáil and the Seanad in respect of the......

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Donohoe welcomes NRA’s 2015 national road allocation providing €184m for local authorities

18th December, 2014

Provision of €165.2m for improvement works and €19.6m for maintenance works will benefit communities across the country   Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport,......

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Minister Donohoe and Tourism Ireland look back on a successful year for overseas tourism

17th December, 2014

Minister to publish new Tourism Policy Statement in new year to build on gains made in recent years   2014 was another strong year......

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Adjournment Debate in Seanad Éireann on learner drivers

16th December, 2014

“The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the issue of young people living in Rural Areas and in the......

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Second Stage opening address on the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2014 in Seanad Éireann

16th December, 2014

A Chathaoirleach,   I want to thank the House for facilitating the introduction of this Bill at such short notice. The Bill involves technical......

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Week’s events; Penalty points, North Dublin transport, Supplementary Estimate

16th December, 2014

Last week (8-12th Dec) began with my attendance at the Ministerial Group meeting on road safety, which takes place twice a year. This was an......

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Statement by Minister Donohoe following meeting with bus company unions

15th December, 2014

Following a meeting today (Monday) between the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, and the SIPTU, NBRU and TSSA bus unions,......

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