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Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, today (8 February 2013) welcomed the agreement reached by the European Council on the EU’s Budget for 2014-2020, which will see Ireland’s Structural Funds increase under the next funding round...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today underlined the importance of today’s EU budget agreement for Irish farmers. The deal guarantees funding of over €1.5 billion per year for Ireland from the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)...

Addressing the ICT skills gap will be a crucial part of the EU’s employment strategy, given projections that there could be up to 700,000 unfilled vacancies in the EU by 2015, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation...

08 February, DUBLIN - The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, has welcomed further progress made on the EU Youth Guarantee which would form a key part of the response to the youth unemployment crisis...

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD. Has today 8/2/2013 encouraged people in rural areas to fully participate in this process by making submissions and attending their local public meeting...

Seán Sherlock TD, Minister for Research and Innovation, today (Thursday 7th February 2013) brought the Second Stage of Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 to Seanad Eireann...

Speaking from today’s (7th February 2013) Informal EU Employment and Social Affairs Council at Dublin Castle, attended by Ministers from all 27 EU member states, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD welcomed...

Minister of State for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older Women Ms. Kathleen Lynch T.D. today chaired a lively debate of EU Labour and Social Protection Ministers at a workshop in Dublin on the topic of “Older Women and Europe’s Labour Market...

I am speaking on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, T.D., who regrets that he is unable to be present due to other business. I would like to thank Senator Whelan for raising the issue of the Private Security Authority’s licensing...

Ireland has today (7 February 2013) successfully concluded the ninth review mission of our EU-IMF Programme. In line with each of the previous quarterly reviews, Ireland has met all of the commitments and our continued strong programme implementation...