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Archive for December, 2015

€9,500 in funding for animal welfare organisations in Dublin Fingal

28th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has welcomed the allocation of € 9,500 in funding for animal welfare organisations in the North County. “Dublin Fingal has been allocated €9,500 in funding for animal welfare organisations. The local organisations to receive funding are: · […]

€120,889 allocated for the maintenance of roads in Fingal

28th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has welcomed the news that €120,889 has been granted to Fingal for maintenance works on roads. “I am delighted at the news that €120,889 has been granted to Fingal County Council for maintenance works on roads in […]

Tax equalisation will benefit self-employed people and create jobs in Dublin Fingal

18th December 2015

Fine Gael TD, for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said that new tax equalisation measures will benefit self- employed people in the North County, helping to create even more jobs.   “There are 323,000 self-employed people in this country, 73,600 of them in the Dublin […]

92% decrease in unfinished housing developments in Fingal

16th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal has said that the number of unfinished housing development or ghost estates in the Fingal County Council local authority area has decreased by 92% since 2010. “The number of unfinished housing developments or so-called ghost estates in the Fingal […]

Pyrite homeowners can avoid expensive testing to avail of their LPT exemption

12th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said that legislation going through Committee Stage in the Dáil yesterday (Friday), will allow pyrite homeowners to avoid the expensive testing they previously had to undergo to in order to avail of the exemption from Local Property […]

9th Annual GOAL mile to be held at Malahide Castle on Christmas Day

10th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell is organising the 9th annual ‘GOAL’ mile charitable walk at Malahide Castle with support from volunteers from the local community and Barry Andrews, Chief Executive Officer of GOAL. “The annual GOAL mile event in Malahide, which is […]

Retailers should remove minimum charge for card payments following 50% cut in fees

10th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell has said the reduction in fees for retailers accepting payment by debit and credit card will benefit both the retailers themselves and their customers. “I am pleased that the cost for retailers accepting card payments is being […]

Falling Live Register figures show local economy is continuing to strengthen

9th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said that the steady reduction in the number of people signing on the Live Register in the North County shows that our economic recovery is continuing to strengthen locally. “The latest CSO data shows that the […]

Local Property Tax rates to be maintained until 2019

5th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal and Member of the Finance Committee, Alan Farrell, has welcomed the news that the revaluation date for Local Property Tax (LPT) rates has been postponed until 2019. “The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, has published the Local Property Bill […]

Failure of SF candidate to condemn Garda McCabe murder is a disgrace

5th December 2015

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Alan Farrell, has unreservedly criticised the failure of a Sinn Féin general election candidate, Louise O’Reilly, to criticise the murder of Garda Jerry McCabe. When asked repeatedly on today’s Claire Byrne Show […]