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Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has welcomed the commitment from Education and Skills Minister Ruairí Quinn that schools must give priority to qualified, registered, unemployed teachers when substitute or temporary employment becomes available.

Jim Higgins MEP will launch the 2011 to 2016 Community Action Plan on Sunday October 23 at 3pm in Kilkelly Community Centre, Swinford Road, Kilkelly.

The value and contribution of Ireland's SME sector has been highlighted by the latest European Commission statistics, which show small and medium businesses account for 66.8 per cent of employment in the Irish private sector, says Jim Higgins MEP.

Ireland's north and west MEPs have warmly welcomed the decision by the European Commission to allocate €51 million of EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid for retraining laid-off Irish construction industry workers.

Hurling is more than just a game, it is the most Irish thing we have apart from our language, a national passion which is woven deeply into the social fabric of Irish society, an icon of Irish culture, a game that is played for pride, not money.

There are an estimated 50,000 Irish people currently residing undocumented in the US. “These people have no voice and often exist in low income under the radar employment,” Jim Higgins MEP said this week. “Despite their valuable contribution to the US exchequer they are considered criminals. These are decent hardworking people are do not deserve to be tarnished in this manner.”

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West has said that the Government needs to review the legislation which bans people born in Ireland but now working abroad from voting in the presidential elections.

MEP for the North West, Jim Higgins, has welcomed continuing progress by the EU in addressing youth unemployment under its Europe 2020 strategy commitments, but says citizens want to see real results.

Jim Higgins, MEP for Ireland North West, has called for the Environment Minister Phil Hogan to consider introducing a new system in conjunction with the major bottlers which would see consumers get 10 cents back for every glass bottle they return to the supermarket.

Drowning is frighteningly the second cause of death and injury for children in the EU, the primary causes are inability to swim and alcohol induced poor supervision of children - particularly on holidays. “We must remember that children can drown in as little as two inches of water and they drown in silence,” warned Jim Higgins MEP this week.