Month: October 2020

YFG Calls on the Irish Government to Establish a Representative Office in Taiwan

Following a meeting with the Taiwanese Permanent Representative to Ireland yesterday (Tuesday, 20th October), the Young Fine Gael International Committee has called on the Irish Government to follow the European Union and a number of our fellow Member States by formally establishing a representative office in Taipei. During the meeting with Representative Pierre Tzu-pao Yang, … Continued

YFG Calls for Urgent Reform of Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) Grant Process

Young Fine Gael has called on the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation & Science, Simon Harris to launch a review of the SUSI Grant Process as soon as possible. The organisation believes that the review should mainly focus on the current eligibility criteria – as well as the current maintenance payments. YFG also … Continued

YFG Challenges HSE for Ignoring HIV Epidemic in Ireland

Young Fine Gael and Fine Gael LGBT have jointly expressed their outrage at the HSE’s decision to discontinue its essential PrEP treatment clinic within the Gay Mens Health Service (GMHS). This comes on top of the continued closure of the GMHS testing service, which has not been open for a number of months. Eoghan Howe, … Continued

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