FAILURE to pay maintenance for children born into unmarried families is leading to an increase in the number of lone parent families presenting with financial difficulty and living below the poverty line.

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“We need a more efficient, reliable and economical broadband service throughout the entire country that will attract new businesses as well as opening up many towns and villages to new employment opportunities.

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Since my appointment as Fine Gael spokesperson on Innovation and Research, and for a long time before that, I have been continuously calling on the government to put their energies into innovative ways to create jobs. They continue to ignore these calls and our unemployment rate continues to increase.

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CORK City Council has 700 elderly and disabled people on it’s waiting list for grant aid according to figures released to Deputy Deirdre Clune, TD.

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A massive €1 billion has been cut from higher education investment and this could have a hugely negative affect on Ireland’s university level Research and Development capacity.

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THOUSANDS of people will end up homeless if the Government don’t start putting structures in place to support homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage repayments. Fine Gael are calling on an amendment to the NAMA bill to help struggling mortgage holders.

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Cork City Council have announced that Avenue De Rennes, the very heart of Mahon, is to be included in their local area plan following objections by local representatives saying that leaving it out will split the community.

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The deadline for applying for maintenance grants from local authorities is August 31, 2010 in six weeks time.

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Cork people lack confidence in what relief efforts are being made by the Irish government to prevent the same extent of flooding this winter as last November 2009.

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Irish bankruptcy laws are out of date and if they are not changed in the near future they will only serve to hinder Ireland’s chances of economic recovery.

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