Michael Fitzmaurice TD says he hopes the campaign to introduce a much fairer Fair Deal Scheme for small farmers and small business people will continue and be implemented in this year’s Budget. Commenting on the issue Michael Fitzmaurice said “The Fair Deal Scheme as it stands is unfair on small farmers in particular. People who […]
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Local Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed that €20m in additional funding is to be made available for apprenticeships and traineeships. “This funding will ensure that 13 new apprenticeship schemes are delivered by the end of this year with another 120 apprenticeships and traineeship schemes to come on stream by 2020,” stated Minister Naughten. The Government’s
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Senator Frank Feighan has called for a wider debate on the merits of Ireland competing in the Commonwealth Games. Commenting on the issue Frank Feighan said “When you look at athletes such as Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes successfully representing Ireland at the Olympics and Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games, I believe it is
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called on the Taoiseach to give a commitment that the vital upgrading of the N4 and N5 will be included in the capital programme for 2017. Eugene Murphy made the call during Questions to the Taoiseach during Tuesday’s sitting of the Dáil. The Fianna Fáil TD said that there
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Senator Maura Hopkins is to seek an appeal of the decision by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to cease funding counselling services in Cuan Aire Family Life Centre, Castlerea. Commenting on the issue Maura Hopkins said “I have expressed my concern to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone regarding the withdrawal
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says “The delay in paying farmers what they are owed under the GLAS scheme is scandalous and the Minister must ensure that farmers are paid immediately and manually if the IT systems are not working properly”. “It is totally intolerable that here we are, a month after Christmas, that there are a
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy says that new figures from the Housing Agency show that, at the end of 2016, no Mortgage to Rent transactions have been completed in the past four and a half years in County Roscommon and only 217 nationally. Eugene Murphy feels that the figures indicate the need for a radical
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Roscommon County Council has been allocated over €11.7 million to carry out maintenance and improvement works on regional and local Roads. The news came as part of an announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, of a €324 million investment programme in regional and local roads. Speaking this afternoon the
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Businesses throughout Counties Roscommon, Longford and Leitrim are being subjected to crippling rates which is another nail in the coffin of trying to do business in rural Ireland- that’s according to Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Eugene Murphy pointed out that the annual rate of valuation or indicative multiplier for County Roscommon for
There has been a mixed reaction locally to the contents of “Realising our Rural Potential: The Action Plan for Rural Development” which was launched earlier The Action Plan for Rural Development is the first ever whole-of-government strategy aimed at delivering real change for people living and working in rural Ireland. The Plan contains 276 actions
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins the news that the Government is to provide 900 extra resource teachers and an extra €18 million to implement a new model for the allocation of resource teachers to support children with special educational needs “is very positive”. Commenting on the issue Maura Hopkins said, “Minister Bruton has informed me
Fianna Fáil Senator Dr. Keith Swanick has proposed the introduction of a Declaration of Independence Day Bill to formally recognise the meeting of the first Dáil and the Declaration of Independence made on 21st January 1919. Senator Dr. Keith Swanick says that the proposed legislation, which has received very positive feedback from Party members across
The Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has announced that an 18 extra Rural Social Scheme places have been allocated to Roscommon LEADER Partnership. The announcement will bring the total number of places on Rural Social Scheme administered by Roscommon LEADER Partnership to 167. The Rural Social Scheme provides a supplementary income for low-income farmers
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s news that some patients who are waiting over 18 months for medical procedures are to be treated in private Hospitals. Michael Fitzmaurice said that he proposed that this course of action should be taken almost two years ago and added that “much more needs to
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Widespread confusion over commercial rates valuations could have been avoided if the Valuation Office had explained the new system to business people throughout County Roscommon prior to the delivery of letters last week- that’s according to Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Commenting on the issue Deputy Murohy said “There was widespread anger, frustration
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