Additional €165,000 to improve local authority housing
I have helped secure an additional €165,000 funding for Clare County Council to both improve local authority housing for disabled persons and to also provide better energy efficiency in local authority housing. Minister Paudie Coffey has confirmed that over €165,000 extra will be given to Clare County Council, under the Energy Efficiency Programme and Disabled […]
Working to solve rural GP issue
There is an urgent need to resolves issues around Rural General Practice. The current GP contract is over 40 years old and desperately requires updating. Negotiations have commenced between the Department of Health, HSE and the IMO with a view to formulating a new GP contract that will be modern and fit for purpose. The […]
Some main points of Budget 2016
Some points of the Budget so far: – Free pre-school childcare will be available for 3-year-olds until they start primary education or until the age of five and a half years. – The Old Age Pension will increase by €3 per week from January. – Child benefit is to increase by €5 per month to […]