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Fianna Fáil Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has described the new personal insolvency regime as ‘fundamentally flawed’, as the banks still hold all the cards.   Senator Ó Domhnaill said the new insolvency guidelines published today will not change the fact that Minister Shatter’s new framework is essentially a Bankers’ Charter.   “These guidelines will provide [...]

Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has challenged the Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn in his decision to drop Scoil Mhuire, Stranorlar from the School Building Programme. Raising a special debate on the matter in the Seanad this week, Senator Ó Domhnaill highlighted the fact one third of the pupils at St Mary’s are being taught [...]

Fianna Fáil Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has described the new personal insolvency regime as ‘fundamentally flawed’, as the banks still hold all the cards.   Deputy Collins said the new insolvency guidelines published today will not change the fact that Minister Shatter’s new framework is essentially a Bankers’ Charter.   “These guidelines will provide little [...]

Unprecedented fodder crisis is pushing farmers out of business   Fianna Fáil’s Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has called for emergency measures to help Donegal farmers who are serious difficulty as a result of the unprecedented fodder crisis.   The Donegal Senator has accused the Government of refusing to recognise the devastation [...]

Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture, Brian Ó Domhnaill says changes to Farm Assist and the Rural Social Scheme is killing any opportunity for farm development. Senator Ó Domhnaill said the Minister for Social Protection recently changed the means testing rules on Farm Assist and also on the Rural Social Scheme, which will have a [...]

Fianna Fáil Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, has criticised the Government for what he described as a cynical sleight of hand on the issue of special Holy Communion and Confirmation payments to vulnerable families. Senator Ó Domhnaill commented; “If the Government had been honest in the first instance, making it clear that these payments were to [...]

FF calls on Hogan to immediately lift embargo on approval of new projects   Rural communities are losing out on beneficial development grants because the Environment Minister Phil Hogan is still persisting with a block on new projects under the LEADER programme.   Following pressure from Fianna Fáil in the Dáil  and the Seanad last [...]

There are still nearly 1,0000 farmers in Co Donegal  who applied to the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (DAS) and have not received any payment, according to Fianna Fáil’s Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill.   Information received by Fianna Fáil through a series of Parliamentary Questions shows that 8,483 Donegal farmers applied under DAS.  [...]

  €122 per year no match for scale of problem The Government must do more to encourage young people to get back into the workforce as more and more people under 25 fall into long-term unemployment, according to Fianna Fáil Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. Senator Ó Domhnaill said;“The Taoiseach has lauded the fact that a [...]

Fianna Fáil has this week has called for a radical change in behaviour from Justice Minister Alan Shatter in order to avert a total breakdown in the relationship between the Gardaí and the Government.   Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has expressed alarm at the Minister’s moves to discipline four members of the AGSI who [...]