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My take on Budget 2020
Budgets are strange creatures. This is my 11th or 12th one. Listening to the Minister of the day, as we did ye...
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Cruel practices within the Greyhound industry
Why did it take RTE investigates to draw attention to the issue, when a small group of us in the Dáil and outs...
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My speech at the commemoration of the First Dáil
The press in 1919 wrote of the tomfoolery of the Sinn Féin parliament in Dublin, the “stage play at the...
I asked the Minister for an update on the new Primary Health Care Centre, Summerhill, Dublin 1, and it seems we still have another year to wait until it’s completed. QUESTION NO: 57 DÁ... Read more
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We hear about a traffic management plan for Dublin but, unfortunately, more often see the absence of traffic management. There is clearly a “lack of vision” but I do not think it... Read more
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Ireland the puppy farm capital of Europe – This country’s deplorable Animal Welfare record goes on..
The Dog Breeding Establishments Act is not working and, consequently, there is absolutely scandalous treatment of dogs, very particularly of puppies in the so-called puppy farms, and I want... Read more
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Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words
I questioned the Taoiseach about the Inner City report as compiled by Kieran Mulvey; the report fell short of expectations, as it was strong on what needs to be done but less so on how and w... Read more
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Caranua: Treating survivors of institutional abuse with respect and dignity must always be a primary objective
I want to focus on my engagement with a particular group, that is, the mixed race Irish and their involvement with Caranua. They tell me a number of them were not even made aware of the redr... Read more
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I asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the difficulties for community child care in view of the fact that community employment workers are no longer conside... Read more
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Practical measures to combat housing/homeless crisis in short supply
There is a lot of rhetoric about the plans to tackle the homeless and housing crisis but yet practical measures that would ease the crisis, importantly in the short and medium term are in sh... Read more
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The proposal to restructure is considered flawed because it is not evidence-based; what is evidence based is the way in which the structure has worked for many years. The Citizens Informatio... Read more
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Youth services for homeless children experiencing major issues
I had a constructive exchange with Minister for Children today when I raised the issues for homeless persons under 18 years of age in emergency homeless services. Many are out on the streets... Read more
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Photo Source: Rick Rycroft – Marianne Jauncey explains the use of the Sydney centre’s “crash mat” and recovery equipment. In the north inner city and various parts of... Read more
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