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Call for action plan at Forestry Conference

...Andrew Doyle to highlight the fear within those communities. He highlighted other issues also A private members bill in the OIREACHTAS to amend forestry planning regulations. A ban on clear felling Compulsory vaccination and micro chipping of badgers that...

30 Jan 2018 at 18:00

Motoring News

Longford Leader Motors: Increase in drink driving

...remains a significant problem. That is why I brought the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty-Drink Driving) Bill 2017 before the OIREACHTAS, which proposes that anyone detected driving over the legal limit will receive a mandatory disqualification from driving....

16 Jun 2017 at 18:00

National News

'Women's healthcare has always taken a back seat' - TD calls on Government to fast track legislation

...the ‘Five C’s - the obstacles we identified in a 2009 report on women’s participation in politics that I wrote for the OIREACHTAS Justice Committee. Those five are: Cash, Confidence, Culture, Childcare and Candidate Selection Procedures. "We need to see...

27 Oct 2021 at 11:45

Property

New bill aims to tackle derelict properties and ease housing crisis

...homes in the country. Steven Matthews TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Planning and Local Government, and Chair of the OIREACHTAS Housing and Planning Committee, launched the ‘Vacancy, Dereliction and Regeneration Bill 2022’. The Bill seeks to amend...

22 Feb 2022 at 16:10

Home

Varadkar promotes Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD

...fill this role," he said. "While undoubtedly it will be a challenge balancing constituency projects and queries, Dáil and OIREACHTAS committee work as well as family life, I am looking forward to the challenge and interacting more with my colleagues in Fine...

21 Feb 2019 at 18:47

Local News

Emergency meeting of GPs to discuss outcome of Referendum on Eighth Amendment

...of Health, on how a supposed GP-led service might operate. Previously, the Citizen’s Assembly and many members of the OIREACHTAS, had suggested that an abortion service in Ireland should be GP-led. There has never been any basis for the Government, or...

27 May 2018 at 23:52

National News

'Assessment options' on the table in Leaving Cert reform talks today

The Joint OIREACHTAS Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science will commence an examination of Leaving Certificate reform with a roundtable discussion today, Tuesday, September 28. The discussion will focus on a...

28 Sept 2021 at 11:11

Longfordleader

Full impact assessment needed for proposed Nature Restoration Law

Addressing the Joint OIREACHTAS Committee Joint OIREACHTAS Committee on Environment and Climate Action on Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review recently, IFA National Environment Committee Chair Paul O’Brien said the proposed regulations must not have...

11 Apr 2023 at 09:56

Local news

Return of bus services sought

...in Rooskey Community Centre, was attended by Mr Rory Leahy, Northwest Regional Manager of Bus Éireann; MEP Marian Harkin; OIREACHTAS members; members of Rooskey and Dromod Action group and Mayor of Roscommon, Cllr Tom Crosby. Cllr Crosby informed those at...

01 May 2013 at 17:00

Home

Longford home care provider in jobs announcement

...to the statutory regulation of all domiciliary care services and community based services, during a recent meeting with the OIREACHTAS Future of Healthcare Committee.”

20 Feb 2017 at 16:00

Local News

€265,000 CLÁR funding for Longford projects

Longford's OIREACHTAS representatives have welcomed details of the €265,000 funding announced to support projects in Longford under Measure 1 and Measure 2 of the 2020 CLÁR programme. Fianna Fáil Deputy Joe Flaherty stated, "This funding will support the...

08 Nov 2020 at 09:00

Business

Rollout of National Broadband Plan will not meet January target, Dáil told

...Peter Hendrick cut its January target to 60,000 premises, down from an original target of 115,000. Mr Hendrick told the OIREACHTAS committee on transport that the revised target will be missed by some two months. Minister of State Ossian Smyth said the...

27 Jan 2022 at 20:20

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