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The Taoiseach’s decision to ‘defer’ at least €40 million in the Gateway Innovation Fund as a cost-cutting measure will hinder development in the south-east, according to Fine Gael Deputy Phil Hogan.

The decision by the Green Party to suspend their ‘supporters list’ and rescind the decision to target civil servants as supporters was made because the party was ‘caught out’ according to Fine Gael Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan.

Deputy Phil Hogan has called for increased support from State employment services to assist over 8,500 people who are looking for work in the Carlow/Kilkenny constituency.

Just two weeks ago, FF/Greens voted against a FG motion calling for eight junior ministers to be cut.

Deputy Phil Hogan and Junior Minister John McGuinness are campaigning on behalf of the workers at St Francis Abbey Brewery who are uncertain about their future following recent developments at the brewery headquarters.

Deputy Phil Hogan told today’s Fine Gael Ard Fheis that his Party’s new environmental policy was about turning an unprecedented crisis into a golden opportunity.

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.

Fine Gael Deputy Phil Hogan has revealed that many of Kilkenny’s water system problems could be solved through EU funding.

Kilkenny’s local authorities will become the main driving force in promoting business and development, according to a new Fine Gael plan announced by Deputy Phil Hogan last week.

Many Kilkenny farming families are facing an uncertain future following the government decision to close REPS and the plans to cut the headage scheme, according to Deputy Phil Hogan.