Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has called on the State, and particularly Fingal County Council to urgently facilitate the building of social housing. “I would urge the State, and particularly Fingal County Council to facilitate the construction of social housing units in Fingal with the utmost urgency. Bringing more social and affordable housing units on stream would…
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said that the USC changes introduced in Budget 2016 will be evident to thousands of people who are getting paid today (Friday) for the first time in 2016. “Budget 2016 introduced a cut to the USC for low to middle income earners from 7% to 5.5%, reducing the tax rate to…
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 our local communities. “This funding is part of an allocation of almost €160 million from…
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 County Council area has fallen from 149 in 2010 to 12 today, a decrease of…
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 Tax (LPT). “I have been working on this problem since the Local Property Tax (LPT)…
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 halved from yesterday (Wednesday), following its announcement by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan in…
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 Live Register in the Swords social welfare office, which also represents Malahide and Donabate, has…
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 2015 which postpones the date for revaluation of LPT from 2016 to 2019. “This means…
Additional services vital for travelling public Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell has said the major DART service expansion which will be provided for the travelling public in the New Year, will greatly benefit residents across the North County. “I am delighted that Minister Donohoe has agreed to expand DART services in the New Year. These…
Latest QHNS figures from CSO show 30,400 back to work in Dublin “The latest QHNS figures released by the CSO show that the national unemployment rate has dropped to 8.9%, and in the Dublin region as a whole, there has been a 36.8% drop in the number of people who are unemployed”, says Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan…
