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I welcome the major reforms to the Community Employment (CE) and Rural Social Schemes (RSS)
I welcome the major reforms to the Community Employment (CE) and Rural Social Schemes (RSS) after a long campaign which I initiated on behalf of participants in the schemes and Community groups. The main changes [...]
X-ray service for Tuam cannot be delayed and must be provided as a matter of urgency
I have called on the HSE to get on with the installation of the X-ray facility at the Tuam Primary Medical Centre as a matter of urgency. “In November 2017 I secured €700,000 for the [...]
Calls on the Government to make work more financially beneficial
The Government have a responsibility to ensure that workers are incentivised to return to the workforce. “People on Jobseekers need to have an increase in their take home pay if they are to be available [...]
Capital Gains Tax rate should be adjusted to ensure availability of development lands
I call on the Minister for Finance to revise downwards the rate of Capital Gains Tax on the sale of development land to ensure more land becomes available to deliver the housing this country needs. [...]
Regional TDs call for the immediate national implementation of a Vitamin D strategy
I along with the Independent members of the Regional Group are calling on government to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Health Committee report from April this year addressing Vitamin D deficiency as a public [...]
Scheme to provide Sewerage Treatment Plants to unserved villages and settlement centres vital to delivery of housing
I believe that a scheme to provide Wastewater Treatment Plants is required as a matter of urgency in order to deliver housing and allow the regions to grow. “Villages like Craughwell, Corofin and Abbeyknockmoy are [...]