Category: Politics
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Agriculture Committee resumes Nitrates Directive and Action Programme debate
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine will meet today, Wednesday, 13 October at 5:30 pm to resume debate, in two sessions, on the Nitrates Directive and water quality monitoring with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nitrates Directive and Ireland’s Action Programme with officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local…
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Green light for 2 Tipperary Irish Water projects to support growth and development in Tipperary – Ahearn
Senator Garret Ahearn has welcomed the announcement of upgrading works to 2 Tipperary wastewater treatment plants in Kilsheelan and Lisvarrinane. This is part of Twenty-one wastewater treatment plants that have been selected for an upgrade as part of the Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme. Senator Garret Ahearn said “I am very happy to see…
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‘Budget 2022 Must Focus on Support Structures and Growth’ – Lowry Michael Lowry TD
‘Budget 2022 must not only close the gaps which have emerged during the pandemic but also put in place support structures that will ensure every person throughout Ireland can grow and be supported in the recovery’ The “critical need to invest in our people to support the transition back to normality” form the backbone of…
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New legislation will clarify law on property rights for landowners in Tipperary – Ahearn
The Government has agreed to enact a Bill which will clarify the law on how some property rights, such as rights of way, are validated and registered, providing certainty for landowners in Tipperary, Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Garret Ahearn said, “New rules on registering easements, rights which allow the use of someone else’s…
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Cahill requests 6 month extension for Templemore GP practice
The Templemore GP crisis was brought up in the Dáil last night by Fianna Fáil T.D. for Tipperary, Jackie Cahill. In choosing this issue as his first item to address this Dáil term, Deputy Cahill raised the concerns of the people of Templemore in relation to the closure of Dr. Joe Hennessy’s practice following his…
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New Chair of Shannon Group plc to be announced shortly
Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara says the appointment of a new Chair of Shannon Group plc has reached its final stages. In response to Deputy McNamara’s Parliamentary Question on the role, which has remained unfilled since August 2020, Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan confirmed that he and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton met with the…
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Active Retirement Ireland calls for Budget 2022 to include urgent transformation of Telephone Support Allowance into ‘Digital Connection Allowance’
Budget 2022 must focus on supporting older people in Tipperary to participate in online activities such as telemedicine, electronic banking and digital communications. That’s according to Active Retirement Ireland, which says this issue is more pertinent since Covid-19, as older people have had to rely on technology for basic services and social interaction. The country’s largest…
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Rural Independents call on Agriculture Minister to finally resolve forestry crisis
Micheal Collins, Rural Independent TD for Cork South West – who is a member of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, this week challenged senior departmental officials on the appalling situation within Ireland’s forestry sector, at a specially convened committee hearing. Speaking today (Thursday 16th September), from Leinster House, Deputy Collins stated: “Ireland’s forestry regulatory system is in…
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Minister adopting same attitude towards Templemore GP vacancy as she has elsewhere in Co Tipperary – Browne
After raising the Templemore GP vacancy with Minister Mary Butler in the Dáil last night (Wednesday), Tipperary Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne has said that the Minister seems to be adopting the same hands-off approach to Templemore as she has towards other communities. Teachta Browne said: “Faced with questions on the need to fill the…
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Lowry Raises Closure of Templemore GP Practice in Dail – Michael Lowry TD
‘A thriving town center GP practice in Templemore is closing as the HSE have failed to appoint a replacement for the retiring Doctor’ stated Deputy Michael Lowry in the Dail on Wednesday. Addressing the Minister of State in the Department of Health, Mary Butler TD., he said that the Proposed closure of this practice, which…