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Changing one of the most expensive childcare systems in the world into the best is not easy – but we are taking the first big step, according to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone.

The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Wednesday) confirmed that the main ship’s telegraph from the RMS Lusitania has been recovered from the wreck site off the Head of Kinsale and is undergoing preliminary conservation ashore. During a previous dive in July 2016, attempts to raise the telegraph were unsuccessful due to equipment failure.

The White Paper on Defence sets the defence policy agenda for the next ten years and is being implemented according to a planning horizon out to 2025.

The Government has today decided to progress the Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016, by approving the drafting of a series of amendments to this Private Members Bill.

Michael Creed TD Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced the opening of a targeted crop loss support measure to assist growers most affected by the wet weather harvest conditions of September 2016.

Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. today announced the award of a further €3,100,055 in grants to 13 seafood enterprises in 7 different counties under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD, today welcomed CSO data released which shows that the number of overseas visits to Ireland in the first six months of 2017 increased by 4.2% compared to the corresponding period in 2016.

Minister Jim Daly, Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, today officially launched Connecting for Life Cork.

The Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee TD has completed a two-day visit to Paris during which she met with her French opposite number, Nathalie Loiseau.

The Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe, T.D. today visited the Defence Forces training centre in the Curragh Camp.