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Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, announced the appointment of the following two new members to the Credit Union Advisory Committee.

Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, announced that Professor Philip Nolan, NUI Maynooth, will chair the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D., has published Developing Resilience to Climate Change in the Irish Transport Sector.

Shane Ross T.D., Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Brendan Griffin T.D. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, today announced €56m in allocations to the Sports Capital Programme.

One year on, the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton T.D. today announced the progress made on implementing the Policy on Gaeltacht Education.

The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D., and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Michael Creed T.D., together with Jim Woulfe, Chairperson of Dairy Industry Ireland, launched an innovative collaboration between Government and industry to promote and encourage sustainable farming while meeting stringent water quality requirements.

The Public Expenditure and Reform Minister, Paschal Donohoe, TD, was joined by the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform, Robert Watt earlier this week to announce the winners of the 2017 Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards.

I am deeply disappointed by the reports that have come out today regarding the lack of progress in improving the safety and quality of life for residents in Áras Attracta in Swinford, Co. Mayo. Like everyone in the country, I was shocked and dismayed by the revelations that came out in December 2014 about the appalling treatment of vulnerable residents at this centre.

Minister Mitchell O’Connor address delegates at the ESF Conference.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Shane Ross T.D. and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin T.D. today (28th November) welcomed the latest official data on overseas travel from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed an increase of 3.1% in overseas visits to Ireland for the first ten months of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016.