Great to meet with Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly last week in the Punchestown vaccination centre. Glad the Minister could meet with the fantastic staff and volunteers in the vaccination centre and witness first-hand the amazing work they do here on a daily basis. Big shout out also to Sgt Mick Brogan ...
Pictured are Sgt Mick Brogan, Dr Cathal Berry, TD (a former Army officer) and retired RSM John Murray volunteering at the Punchestown Vaccination and Testing Centre this week. Over 1,650 people were due to be vaccinated at the centre on Monday. Deputy Berry remarked that “it’s fantastic to be involved in the ...
Recently in the Dáil, I questioned Minister Eamonn Ryan about providing vaccinations for people working in indoor hospitality dining settings. As indoor dining returns over the next couple of weeks, it’s essential that our hospitality staff are protected against the virus.
The vaccination programme (despite all its imperfections) is gathering significant pace now. The best way to save our economy is to beat this terrible virus once and for all. We’re nearly there. Now let’s finish the job!
The Reserve Defence Forces would have been great for contact tracing, testing and so many other tasks. In particular, they should have been mobilised to augment their PDF colleagues by doing barrack duties. It certainly is a missed opportunity that they have not been called on to assist throughout the Covid-19 ...
In the Dáil this month, I spoke about Aer Lingus. The company is under massive financial liquidity stress at the moment. We must provide meaningful support and financial intervention for our national carrier. The Irish State needs a strategic aircraft to move our people around, evacuate citizens from abroad and ...
Great to catch up with Steven Miller on the LaoisToday podcast. Good discussion about the Defence Forces, life as a TD, plans for the Portarlington area & the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. Listen here Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pR6cLj Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3twA3eg
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Short clip from The Week in Politics today in relation to a complete ban on non-essential international travel into Ireland, PCR tests pre-flight at the point of embarkation and the use of the Defence Forces for border control.
The staff in testing centres across the country have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, especially staff in the Punchestown testing centre in Co. Kildare. Many of these workers are unpaid volunteers who give their time to work in the centres, putting their own lives at risk for the benefit of the public. ...
