PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
“That Dáil Éireann:
recognising:
— tourism revenue dropped by €1.1 billion in 2009 to €5.2 billion, its lowest level since
2004;
— overseas visitor numbers fell by close to one million in 2009 compared to 2008;
— Ireland’s largest tourism market, the United Kingdom, declined by 16% in 2009;
— access to Ireland has become worryingly restricted with the [...]

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South Tipperary’s roads will be decimated by new cuts in Government funding – Hayes
20/10/2008
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Local T.D. Tom Hayes has today strongly criticised the government for its decisions to make major and important cuts to the farming industry in Ireland, especially the Farm Retirement Scheme, the Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme and the Young Farmer Installation Aid scheme.
“The [...]

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I compliment Deputy Michael Creed for putting forward this important motion.  Earlier this year the Oireachtas committee on agriculture discussed this motion and members from all sides of the House agreed that an extension of the scheme was necessary and should be granted.  It is unfair of the Government to put forward an amendment to [...]

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“That Dáil Éireann,
condemns the Government for:
- its reckless budgetary policies over the last five years that undermined the stability
and competitiveness of the Irish economy and that are now sabotaging our country’s
ability to withstand tougher economic times; and
- its failure to respond swiftly and decisively to the mounting crisis and loss of
confidence in the Irish economy;
in [...]

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