Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children & Youth Affairs Anne Rabbitte says she’s appalled by the latest waiting list figures which show a continuing deterioration in waiting times for children on a list for an outpatient appointment with a consultant. An analysis of the latest waiting figures published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for April […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East Anne Rabbitte says she deeply regrets the decision by Apple to withdraw from the Athenry Data Centre project. Deputy Rabbitte published a detailed Bill in October 2017 to fast track planning decisions on key infrastructural projects such as data centres. The €850m project would have provided 300 construction jobs […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs Anne Rabbitte has called on the government to provide greater support for orphans and their guardians. “In 2017 approximately 1,500 people were in receipt of a Guardian payment in respect of almost 2,000 children. Whilst this is a relatively small cohort of people it is vital that […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, has written to Professor Donal O’Shea, Clinical Lead on Obesity, as well as Minister for Health Simon Harris and the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten asking him to address the sponsorship of the Big Big Movie by McDonalds. Speaking on this decision, Deputy Rabbitte […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East Anne Rabbitte has called on the Minister for Employment & Social Protection to re-examine the rules governing a number of rural and social schemes. Deputy Rabbitte hosted a meeting in Leinster House to hear from community groups which are worried about the future of these programmes. “Schemes such as […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson for Children & Youth Affairs Anne Rabbitte has called on Minister Katherine Zappone to address the anomaly between the upper age limit for children on the ECCE programme and the age by which children must start primary school. The Minister implemented changes to the Over Age Exemption in the free pre-school programme […]
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