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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has announced that the implementation of the Pilot Quota Balancing Policy for Demersal (Whitefish) Stocks will be delayed until 1st June 2020.

Update from the National Public Health Emergency Team

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team...

Today, on International Day of Multilateralism, Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee, T.D., has commended the strong support and solidarity continuing to be demonstrated at EU level in response to COVID-19.

The United Kingdom, Ireland and France are linked together by trade which is centuries old, and which has thrived through the most difficult of times. Our collective well-being depends on those who move freight between our nations. These are crucial economic and social links which we must maintain.

The campaign - which starts today - encourages everyone to pick a new activity which could help them to feel a little healthier or a little better as we deal with Covid-19.

In his meeting with Insurance Ireland last week the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, called on insurers to be pro-active and generous in relation to their treatment of motor insurance policyholders during this period of the Covid 19 global pandemic.

Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and the Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan have announced that families will receive refunds for school transport fees for periods of schools closures...

Minister Humphreys today announced a Public Consultation on Investment Screening of foreign direct investments.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross today (Thursday 23rd April) discussed the impact of the Corvid-19 crisis on tourism on the island of Ireland with his counterpart, Diane Dodds, MLA, Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland...