Deputy Noel Coonan has described the €85 billion EU-IMF bailout package for Ireland as a “heavy burden on the shoulders of every taxpayer for the next ten years”. The international rescue package has been accepted by our inept Government but the local Fine Gael TD said the package has not been accepted by the people

Speaking following the publication of the Government’s four year plan, Deputy Noel Coonan said the document hugely lacks any jobs stimulus plan and the €1 cut in the minimum wage is another example of the Government targeting people at the bottom of the scale. The local Fine Gael TD said: “The reduction in the minimum

Deputy Noel Coonan has been informed that Borrisoleigh’s Community Welfare Officer will be reinstated from Templemore to Borrisoleigh in the ‘very near future’ as suitable accommodation is being finalised for the move. The local Fine Gael TD has constantly questioned Health Minister Mary Harney on this issue ever since the Borrisoleigh CWO was removed from

Speaking on Monday following the Green Party’s announcement that it is pulling its support for Government, Deputy Noel Coonan said An Taoiseach must dissolve this hopeless Government with immediate affect and “let the fate of our country be decided by the people of the country”. The local Fine Gael TD said: “It is the people

The school year started over two months ago but information released to Deputy Noel Coonan has revealed that 3,000 Back to School Clothing and Footwear applications remain outstanding and without payment in the North Tipperary/Limerick region.  The Health Service Executive (HSE) also told the local Fine Gael TD that in future the scheme will be

“A half loaf is better than no bread” Speaking following Thursday’s meeting in The Yanks Bar, Borrisokane, Deputy Noel Coonan said: “I wish to acknowledge the role played by the Borrisokane action committee in continuously pushing for the progression of this important facility and in exercising great patience during the many dark days after the

Fine Gael Spokesperson on CAP Reform, Deputy Noel Coonan, today (Thursday) said the current debacle over EU sugar reforms should lead to a meeting between the Irish Government and the Commission to discuss the issue in the context of ongoing CAP reform talks. “The EU report on the closure of the Mallow sugar factory offers

Deputy Noel Coonan welcomed last Friday’s official opening of the Endoscopy Unit in Nenagh Hospital and speaking after the event, the local Fine Gael TD said: “While this development is very much welcome, the Government’s overall policy of removing acute services from our hospital is hugely regrettable.” “I have long expressed disappointment with this Government

Already 12 more deaths this year than in all of 2009 Tragically, there has been a sharp increase in the number of deaths on Irish farms so far this year, the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was informed yesterday. Tipperary North TD, Noel Coonan is a Committee member. The Health and Safety Authority

 Speaking in the Dáil last Thursday, Fine Gael’s Spokesperson with special responsibility for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform, Deputy Noel Coonan, asked the Minister for Agriculture to outline his views on the recently leaked CAP document and to indicate efforts made to develop strategic alliances at a European level in order to deliver on Ireland’s