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 […]
600 new positions available with An Garda Síochána
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, announced the opening of a recruitment campaign for new members of An Garda Síochána in 2016. The 600 new Gardaí, to be recruited next year, will bring to 1,150 the total number of new recruits since the reopening of Templemore in September 2014. So far 295 new […]
Clare Co Council tenants to benefit from new scheme
I am encouraging Clare County Council tenants to consider the new tenant purchase scheme as a way to achieving to home ownership. The new tenant purchase scheme, which will come into operation on the 1st of January 2016, will enable tenants to buy their homes after many years of paying rent to the Council, and […]