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10th November 2011 Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin today launched the Medium Term Exchequer Investment Framework at...

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has today (Thursday) confirmed that investment in transport infrastructure will be scaled back significantly over the next five years in order to allow the Government to...

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today (Thursday) announced that his Department has secured an increase in its capital budget, from €508million to its highest ever level of €514million in 2012, reflecting the...

This new Capital Investment Plan is a core element of our plan to get Ireland working again....

Dr James Reilly T.D. Minister for Health today (Thursday, 10th November 2011) welcomes the Government’s decision to maintain the existing levels of health capital investment...

Soaring birth rates are putting unprecedented demands on schools, the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., said today. Recent birth rate data show that 19,950 births were registered in the first quarter of 2011. This was an...

Last week my colleague, the Minister for Finance, published the Medium-Term Fiscal Statement. It sets out the contribution to our consolidation effort from taxation and current and capital spending. Today, I set out the Government’s capital...

Seven persons travelling on the MV Saoirse who have been detained by the Israeli authorities were due to be deported from Israel today. A further seven are due to depart tomorrow. Our Embassy in Israel has been informed...

In a joint statement today (Wednesday, 9th November, 2011) from the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Michael Jackson (President of Tallaght Hospital), the Board of Tallaght Hospital and the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, a framework has been announced...

Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan today launched the then2nd National Biodiversity Plan at the National Botanic Gardens. The new Plan - Actions for Biodiversity 2011-2016 builds upon the achievements of the previous plan...