Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath TD has described the Finance Bill published today as the final chapter of a regressive and deeply unfair budget which has hit low and middle income families the hardest. Read More
It is with sadness that I learned of the death of Galway journalist John Cunningham. Read More
FF Leader Micheál Martin has used Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today to press the Taoiseach on his strategy to bring an end to the plight of Vita Cortex workers. Read More
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has today challenged the Taoiseach in the Dáil on his claim that he has established ‘Transition Teams’ across Government to manage the departure of large numbers of public servants and has branded the assertion, made under questioning during a weekend media interview, “a figment of the Taoiseach’s imagination”. Deputy Martin commented, “The public sector in this country provides critically important services to tens of thousands of families all over the country. The departure of large numbers of staff from the public sector, necessary to help the country balance its books, was always going to be a threat to those services unless the process was properly managed. “The Government has been aware of the threat for a year now and has had ample opportunity to prepare properly. Based on the half answers and contradictory statements of the last week, it is increasingly clear that the Government has completely failed to get ready for this exodus. Read More
Fianna Fáil Finance Spokesman Michael McGrath has welcomed the statement by the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan TD that he intends to regulate all firms offering debt management and debt advice services. Minister Noonan stated his intention to regulate the sector in a written Dáil reply to Deputy McGrath last week. Read More
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has today written to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD following the conclusion of negotiations on the new EU Fiscal Treaty (The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Read More
Over the next few months there will be a lot of debate on the ratification of the Fiscal Treaty which the Taoiseach agreed to on Monday. This is already shaping up to be a destructive process solely focussed mainly on the form of ratification rather than on the future of Europe and our role in it. For the first time since we applied to join the Union fifty years ago, we begin this debate without basic information being publicly available and without even the most elementary consensus between parties who are positive to the EU. Read More
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has called on the Government to immediately publish the detailed advice and impact assessments they received on the fiscal and economic implications of the Fiscal Pact agreed by the Government last night. In particular, he has sought further information about the fiscal limits within the Intergovernmental Treaty. Read More
The outcome of this summit is disappointing because it contains no new initiative to overcome the economic crisis. Read More
The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan must press the President of the ECB Mario Draghi today on a timeline for a conclusion to be reached on the negotiations surrounding the debt associated with the recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society (now known as ‘Irish Bank Resolution Corporation’ or IBRC), according to Fianna Fáil Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath. Read More
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