Dublin based Senator and Seanad Group Leader, Catherine Ardagh has said that important questions need to be asked of the Department of Health, and the HSE, about how the State is facing the overruns at the much needed National Children’s Hospital. Earlier today the Government lost a vote tabled by Senator Ardagh which called for the Minister for […]
Fianna Fáil Senator and Seanad Group Leader, Catherine Ardagh has said that the government must introduce a mandatory requirement for contractors to register with Revenue in order to assist first time buyers with qualifying for the Help-to-Buy grant. The Help-to-Buy scheme introduced by the government was initially designed to help first time buyers meet tougher […]
Fianna Fáil Seanad Group Leader, Senator Catherine Ardagh says that it is time for the HSE to regulate car parking fees in hospitals across the country and particularly city based hospitals. According to an Irish Cancer Society Report published this week, patients could be paying up to €63 a week in car parking charges. The […]
Fianna Fáil Senator and Seanad Group Leader, Catherine Ardagh is to host a public meeting on Mental Health on Wednesday 30 November, at 7.30pm. The meeting is being held in the Richmond Barracks, Inchicore and the keynote speakers will be Kate Mitchell, Mental Health Reform and Fianna Fáil’s Mental Health Spokesperson James Browne TD who […]
Fianna Fáil Seanad group leader, Catherine Ardagh has called for reform of the selection process for schools to enter the DEIS programme. Speaking in the Seanad this afternoon, Senator Ardagh Said, “Designated DEIS schools were introduced as part of Fianna Fáil policy in 2005 to address socioeconomic based educational inequality. Since then, the application process […]
Fianna Fáil’s Seanad Social Protection Spokesperson, Senator Catherine Ardagh has said that the entire social protection system must re-focus itself on providing opportunities rather than trapping many. “Too many of the schemes provided by the Department are overly bureaucratic and burdensome.” “A core objective of every scheme that offered by the Department those who are […]
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