Archive for : June, 2016

Minister Donohoe lays report on review of FEMPI Acts before Houses of Oireachtas

29th June, 2016

Measures contained in Acts continue to make significant and vital contribution to public finances The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D.,......

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Ministers Coveney and Donohoe announce €22m for the development of 72 units of social housing and community facilities on Dominick Street, Dublin 1 

29th June, 2016

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Simon Coveney, T.D., has today, 29 June, 2016 announced the allocation of funding of €22 million......

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Closing speech at National Economic Dialogue, Dublin Castle      

28th June, 2016

Thank you everyone for your contributions to date. Yesterday, during the plenary session of our economic dialogue, we had 31 different contributions. We then......

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Dail statements re UK/EU Referendum Results           

27th June, 2016

 On Friday morning, I received a text at approximately 4.45 a.m with the result of the UK’s vote the day before on its membership......

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Update on the City Council’s preparedness to deal with heavy rainfall

24th June, 2016

Dublin City Council officials have advised me that the Drainage Division has been monitoring the rainfall very closely today and the internal Flooding Advisory......

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Speech at launch of the Summer Economic Statement

21st June, 2016

Today’s Summer Economic Statement (SES) represents a decisive step in laying out the Government’s medium-term strategy for:- sustaining economic growth; securing sensible and responsible......

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Ministers Noonan and Donohoe publish the Summer Economic Statement and commence the more transparent budgetary process for Budget 2017

21st June, 2016

  The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan T.D. and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe T.D. have published the Summer Economic......

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Ministers Donohoe and Coveney announce €200m Local Infrastructure Fund to increase the supply of housing

14th June, 2016

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D  together with his colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government,  Minister Simon......

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Ministers Donohoe and Harris turn the sod on a New Primary Care Centre for Summerhill  

10th June, 2016

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., and Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D, today (Friday, 10 June) broke ground on the......

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Newcastle Journal op-ed: Why the EU is stronger with UK in it

9th June, 2016

Arriving in Newcastle today will bring many a fond memory back for me. That’s because before I entered Irish politics, I spent a very......

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