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Fine Gael’s Deputy Michael Ring, spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, has said the €35 million in savings brought about by the party’s Oireachtas reforms could be used for services like transport for hospital appointments, water and sewerage schemes, roads, etc. Dep Ring said the package included a reduction by eight of the number of junior ministers, cutting the number of joint Oireachtas committees by 10, ending the practice of paying fees to those holding positions on those committees, no ministerial pensions to be paid while the member is still serving in either house of the Oireachtas, direct elections for 20 of the Seanad seats, and extending the Dáil sitting week from three to four days.

SolanoTech, based in the Midlands Innovation and Research Centre (MIRC) at Athlone Institute of Technology, was among the ‘Class of 2008’ High Potential Start Ups (HPSUs) recently showcased by Enterprise Ireland.

Charges of threatening officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau were put to Christy ‘Ditsy’ Nevin when he appeared at Mullingar District Court with more than 60 others in relation to the Dalton Park riot last July.

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre, which runs the Asylum seeker and Refugee Clinic, has warned that there could be another Ryan Report in 20 years time unless urgent changes are made to protect the safety and well-being of people living in direct provision accommodation.

Senator Nicky McFadden has spoken out against her party leader Enda Kenny’s proposals to abolish the Seanad.

Two locations in Westmeath are to benefit from funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW) to address localised flood problems.

The Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, has again questioned the Office of Public Works regarding the ongoing issue of flooding in south Mayo.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has welcomed the decision by the Garda Commissioner to replace the two retired members of the force who carried out immigration duties at Ireland West Airport Knock. In his letter to Mr Higgins, the chief superintendent personal assistant to the Garda Commissioner states “in light of the retirement of two members of the Immigration Unit at Ireland West Airport on April 20 and May 8 2009, the Divisional Officer, in consultation with Detective Chief Superintendent Garda National Immigration Bureau and senior management at Ireland West Airport, conducted an extensive examination of resource deployment. The outcome of this process has led the Divisional Officer to advertise two new positions at the Immigration Unit with interviews for same scheduled for mid-November 2009.