Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the decision to introduce a new bail supervision scheme for young offenders, which will not only keep young people out of prison but is also a major step forward in further strengthening the monitoring of all those on bail. This bail supervision scheme, which will be piloted in the
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Local TD Denis Naughten has sought an update from the HSE on the review of mental health services in County Roscommon which it commissioned last year. The review was ordered in part due to serious concerns over the operation of the service raised by Denis Naughten. An independent external team from Northern Ireland sought submission
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Local TD Denis Naughten has sought urgent clarification from Irish Water on the impact of the sewer upgrade on localised flooding in Roscommon Town. Earlier today Irish Water announced an investment of €2.9m in the wastewater infrastructure in Roscommon Town, which will see surface water that currently goes into the sewer network, diverted into local
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A range of day care and respite services for older people and adults with a disability will continue to operate in Keadue under a new arrangement reached between the Department of Social Protection, Pobal and the Roscommon Leader Partnership. Under the new agreement, Roscommon Leader Partnership will assume the management of the programme and will
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Local TD Denis Naughten is encouraging all those who are interested in a career in the Defence Forces to apply on line as soon as possible. The Defence Forces plan to recruit just over 600 general service personnel to the Permanent Defence Force in 2016 and a further 850 personnel in 2017. “For many young
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Here’s a round up of some brief Roscommon news items from throughout the day Pobal to fund new Day Care Service in Keadue Denis Naughten TD announced this evening that Pobal are set to commence funding a Day Care service to replace the existing St Asicus Day Care Centre service, which is expected to commence
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Denis Naughten has called on Fine Gael and Fianna Fail to “Put the people and the country before party politics” Writing in his blog this afternoon he said that “The failure by the two main parties to acknowledge that the election gave no political party a mandate to govern, but instead the electorate decided that
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Following yesterday’s nine hour round table discussions and “break-out sessions” between Fine Gael TDs, including Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, 15 Independent TDs and two Green Party TDs Denis Naughten TD released a statement through his website last night in which he re-iterated the need for the new Government to “do business in a different
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Roscommon-Galway TD Denis Naughten is among a group of five Independent TDs who are set to intensify discussions with Fine Gael “with a view to trying to form a Government in the national interest”. The five TDs, namely Michael Collins, Noel Grealish, Michael Harty, Mattie McGrath and Denis Naughten met this morning and released the
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In a statement released a short time ago Roscommon Galway TD Denis Naughten confirmed that he met and had “frank discussions with” An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, and leader of the opposition Micheál Martin TD on the formation of a new Government. He said “In the course of both meetings I made it clear that
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Fianna Fáil’s Eugene Murphy has been elected following the eighth and Final count in the Roscommon Galway Constituency. He has joined Denis Naughten and Michael Fitzmaurice on being elected to the 32nd Dáil. The final figures from the Roscommon Galway Constituency are as follows Total Poll 45,995 – Invalid papers 315 Valid poll 45,680 Quota
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We’re bringing you comprehensive coverage from the Roscommon Galway Constituency Count at the Hyde Centre. In addition to the post count updates here you can follow further live updates at twitter.com/RoscommonDaily After each count we will publish an easy to read graphic showing the status of the candidates. Sunday 28th at 2:55am – Official confirmation
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The taxpayer is forking €102,000 per year for electronic tags yet the lack of laws to allow for the electronic tagging of sex offenders is undermining the security of women and children, claims Denis Naughten TD. “The Prison Service currently has 10 electronic tags which are used for prisoners on temporary release and also entered
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There is a need to overhaul farm penalties due to the significant variations in penalties applied by the Department of Agriculture following on-farm inspections across the country, claims Roscommon Galway independent candidate Denis Naughten. “Figures revealed in randomised on-farm inspection data obtained from the Department of Agriculture shows that there is a massive variation in
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Independent election candidate Denis Naughten has expressed his disappointment at the removal of maternity outreach services from Roscommon Town. The weekly outreach maternity clinic had been operated by Portiuncula Hospital from the Primary Care Centre in Roscommon Town where expectant mothers could avail of all their antenatal requirements, from booking to delivery. However, news broke
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