Fri, Jul 17, 2020 Read in 2 minutes Speaking today Neasa Hourigan, Finance Spokesperson for the Green Party, called for greater transparency and clarity to brought to the decision making process around reopening the Phoenix Park gates. In response to a Parliamentary Question answered by Minister of State, Patrick O’Donovan TD, on the reopening of […]
Wed, Oct 26, 2022 Read in 1 minutes Neasa’s Topical Issue on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. I encourage people to be careful w.r.t. comments. Dail TDs enjoy privilege in the chamber where there is public interest demonstrated. A transscript of the full debate can be found here
Tue, Apr 2, 2024 Read in 2 minutes A Large-scale Residential Development planning application was made on the 15th of March to Dublin City Council for a 373 bed Student Accommodation development at the old IDA centre on Prussia Street. Large-scale Residential Development is the process that replaces the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process. It […]
On Monday 19th June at 8pm Cllr Donna Cooney, Area Rep Feljin Jose and Cllr. Janet Horner and I will host a meeting at Maples House Hotel (and online) on the BusConnects Swords Scheme currently before An Bord Pleanála. I’ll… One of the key recommendations of the Phoenix Park Transport & Options Mobility Study (2021) […]
Mon, Sep 12, 2022 Read in 1 minutes In the run up to Budget 2023, I am going to do some 60 second videos unpacking some of the jargon around Budgets, so that you know what you are looking at when you see the allocations. In this 60 second update, I provide a super quick […]
Tue, Nov 27, 2018 Read in 3 minutes Contributions on local and national policing Dear Mr Ward, I am writing to you in relation to your notice to submit contributions on local and national policing. I am the parent of a six year old white cane user and I have some contributions to make on […]
I had asked the National Transport Authority why there are occasional inconsistencies between the bus real-time displays at the stop and the real-time display in the mobile application; the reason that buses occasionally disappear from the real-time displays; and the… Many kids with visual impairment rely on digital material they then cannot use when doing […]
Today is the final day to get any of your observations in on the 3rd round of public consultation on BusConnects. A submission from myself Darcy Lonergan and Janet Horner can be found below. Our submission The plans can be… On the 12th January Dublin City Council’s Central Area Committee will vote on making the […]
Thu, Nov 12, 2020 Read in 4 minutes Speaking in relation to the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Bill 2020, Neasa highlighted some issues with the changing landscape of financial services and taxation that we are likely to see arise in a post-Brexit Europe. Transcript: Minister I welcome the bill tabled […]
“Sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn’t it” comments one lady as she passes. A Phibsboro resident has stopped to ask what I’m doing as I photograph a very obviously unused and unloved set of two terraced houses in the… Dublin Bus has announced that it is selling off a number of its depot sites […]
Thu, May 7, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Neasa Hourigan, Finance Spokesperson for the Green Party, has echoed calls from the Disability Action Coalition to properly fund the Section 39 organisations that provide essential disability services. These organisations [1] should be funded on a full cost price model for services delivered as is common practice […]
Tue, Mar 10, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Response Cllr. Janet Horner received regarding retaining public access to the Holy Cross site “The lands at Holy Cross, Clonliffe Road Dublin 3 are zoned Z12 – To ensure that existing environmental amenities are protected in the predominantly residential future of these lands. When lands zoned Z12 […]
Neasa recently attended the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy, the purpose of which was to discuss Ireland’s foreign and security policy. Neasa has many reservations about this process played out, which she has outlined below in her submission to… In her submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, Neasa has argued for the […]
Wed, Nov 18, 2020 Read in 2 minutes At the start of October I made representations to Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage on the funding crisis at Dublin Zoo. While some funding has been secured there remains a gap as a result of the COVID related drop in revenue experienced by the zoos. […]
