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Fine Gael town councillor Brendan Henaghan has welcomed the introduction of new legislation to provide for much larger health warnings on cigarette packets. The Cabinet has approved the heads of the Bill that will make it mandatory for tobacco to be sold in standardised packaging, which will greatly increase the health warnings and reduce the ability of tobacco manufacturers to promote their brand.

Few pieces of legislation in the history of Dáil Éireann have been the subject of more polarising and divisive debate than the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.

The Fine Gael children spokesperson Charlie Flanagan has called for a re-investigation into allegations of abuse at two facilities in Galway overseen by the Brothers of Charity.

The latest figures from the gardaí and the Department of Justice show that 36 head shops are still open across the country, the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children was told this week. Mayo TD Beverley Flynn is a member of the committee.

Fianna Fáil TD Beverly Flynn has allayed fears that Belmullet District Hospital is to be downgraded, following bed closures in the hospital last weekend which caused concern that this was a sign of a downgrading.

Professor Tom Keane, director of the National Cancer Control Programme, has pledged his support to Mayo TD Beverley Flynn for the provision of the planned new €7m oncology unit at Mayo General Hospital.