Dáil Speech on the Sale of the Government share in Aer Lingus… The Government’s handling of the IAG takeover of Aer Lingus is a shambles. It has been characterised by spin and a complete disregard for accountability, truthfulness and the political process. Aer Lingus has become a very successful Irish budget airline. It has served this country well over the years. It has adapted to changing markets Read More
Dublin City Council looks set to add the old Players chimney stack on Botanic Road to its list of protected structures. Following an application I made to Dublin City Council, officials surveyed the chimney stack in recent months and have recommended to the Council that the stack be added to the Council’s list of protected structures. This will mean that the chimney cannot be knocked or altered in any significant Read More
On May 22nd, a referendum will be put to the Irish people to accept or reject the following change to our Constitution: “Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex” Essentially, this referendum asks Irish voters if they wish to allow people of the same sex to get married. I will be voting in favour of this referendum and I earnestly Read More
Pictured here is the Ballymun Read and Write Group on their recent visit to the Dáil. Great to see such a big group involved in such a fantastic project and I hope all enjoyed the tour!
Dáil reply on CIE subvention to public transport services 2005-2014. Public Subvention to CIE has dropped by 32% since 2008. Dáil Question No: 701 To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total subvention provided to CIE for each of the past ten years with a breakdown of the amount allocated to each of the CIE companies each year.. – Róisín Shortall. * For WRITTEN Read More
This week Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority published the latest Canal Cordon survey. This is a traffic count of how many people travel into the City on a given weekday and which form of transport they are using. The Canal Counts are one of the few pieces of reliable traffic data on how people make their journeys in Dublin in the morning rush hour. This year’s findings Read More
Waiting lists at each of the four main Northside hospitals skyrocketed in the past year according to figures released this week by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The figures show that Between February last year and February this year Beaumont Hospital’s waiting list grew by 23%, Cappagh was up 58%, Mater was up 40% and James Connolly Memorial was up 20%. The total now waiting for our four local hospitals Read More
The decision this week to axe Ballymun-Whitehall Partnership is an outright attack on local communities. Following a tender competition, the contract for services has been awarded to the Tolka Area Partnership. Ballymun-Whitehall Partnership has been a key driver of progress before and since the Ballymun regeneration project. It provides absolutely vital services to Ballymun, Santry, Whitehall and parts of Ballygall and has underpinned a lot of the work of several Read More
DTA architects, the architects who designed Domville Woods, a social and affordable housing scheme in Santry Demesne, have won the Royal Institute of Architects Silver Medal for this year. It is a very prestigious award and one of the highest awards for housing design in Ireland.
Planning permission has been granted by Dublin City Council for the construction of a new school for Glasnevin Educate Together on the old Enterprise Ireland site off Griffith Avenue extension. I very much welcome this news. The new school building will be able to cater for almost 500 pupils or about double the existing pupil numbers. A new entrance is to be created to Griffith Avenue with new pedestrian facilities. Read More