New Outdoor Dining Scheme available to businesses in Kildare, Laois & Offaly
I welcome the news that Fáilte Ireland has announced a new €17 million Outdoor Dining Enhancement Scheme in partnership[…]
RTÉ’s Leaders’ Questions – Covid-19 Vaccination Process
We’re making positive progress with the vaccination rollout but the major issue at the moment is vaccine supply. The[…]
Online Portal now open for Leaving Certificate Students
The online self-service portal for this year’s Leaving Certificate students is open as of this afternoon. You can register[…]
Missed Opportunity as Law prevents Reserve Forces from helping out during pandemic
The Reserve Defence Forces would have been great for contact tracing, testing and so many other tasks. In particular,[…]
Issues affecting the Defence Forces
I spoke in the Dáil today with Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and raised a number of issues relating to the[…]
Commission on the Defence Forces – The Week in Politics
Clip from RTÉ’s The Week in Politics today in relation to the Commission on the Defence Forces. There are[…]
Funding for Regional and Local Road Infrastructure for 2021
Good news that funding has been announced today for Athy, Monasterevin, Portarlington, Moone & Ballymore Eustace to improve regional[…]
CCTV for Portarlington
We are considering a proposal to install CCTV in Portarlington. It is important to make our town and surrounding[…]
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020 – Support for Aer Lingus
In the Dáil this month, I spoke about Aer Lingus. The company is under massive financial liquidity stress at[…]
Army Ranger Wing Allowance
Radio Interview on KFM with Clem Ryan discussing the Army Ranger Wing Allowance.