Tue, Jul 21, 2020 Read in 4 minutes Update from meeting on 20th July 2020 with local residents on housing development at old Smurfit site on Botanic Road Many thanks for all that managed to make it along to our information event yesterday evening. Apologies for anybody who was unable to join due to technical […]
Fri, Jul 3, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Dublin City Council is running a public survey on the future of Street Trading in Moore Street based on the latest report of the Moore Street Advisory Group. It’s a simple survey to gauge the public’s views on the vision for future Street trading in Moore Street. […]
Sat, Jan 1, 2022 Read in 1 minutes Why is the Working Family Payment not available to the self-employed? To qualify for Working Family Payment, a person must be engaged in full time paid employment as an employee. They must also have at least one qualified child who normally resides with them or is supported […]
Tue, Jul 7, 2020 Read in 1 minutes There is a new housing development planned for the old Smurfit site on Botanic Road. We are holding an online public meeting on 20th July at 7pm to walk though the proposal and to discuss any observations people might have with a view to including those observations […]
Fri, Dec 10, 2021 Read in 2 minutes This week the Minister for Health finally commenced the Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The review will seek to capture information on the effectiveness and operation of the Act from the perspective of women who access the service, health professionals who […]
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 Read in 5 minutes Neasa spoke today on the Second Stage of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021 The Green Party agrees with the principle of active land management, and of activating under-used sites and identifying private lands that could be of benefit to projects for renewal of particular areas or […]
Tue, Oct 11, 2022 Read in 1 minutes I was delighted to attend a sod-turning event for a new shared kitchen facility at the SPADE Enterprise Centre in Nth King Street. Starting a food business is tough and a shared kitchen facility will allow new food businesses to start without large capital outlays. I was […]
Tue, Nov 17, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Today Green Party Spokesperson for Finance Neasa Hourigan TD and Green Party Spokesperson for Social Protection Marc Ó Cathasaigh launched the Green Party’s position paper on Wellbeing Indicators. GDP is not a way to measure the wellbeing and the quality of life of Irish Citizens. Having established […]
Fri, Feb 19, 2021 Read in 2 minutes As Ulster Bank announces it is to withdraw from the Republic of Ireland over the next few years, the requirement for a public bank has never been more keenly felt by ordinary banking customers. The programme for government sets out a number of ways in which community […]
Fri, Jun 28, 2024 Read in 3 minutes A planning application has been made at the former Andersons Creperie for a change of use from coffee shop/creperie to funeral home (chapel of rest) including a smaller coffee shop. Works undertaken to convert premises from a café to a funeral home (Chapel of Rest) Dublin City […]
Fri, Sep 9, 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. One of the things we are going to start with […]
Thu, Apr 1, 2021 Read in 4 minutes Neasa spoke in the Dáil on the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates findings that the Department of Health has been secretly maintaining dossiers on children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State. Transcript: Minister, I would like to echo what I think a lot […]
Thu, Nov 23, 2023 Read in 2 minutes A planning application was made to Dublin City Council on the 16th of November for the development of a 93 unit apartment development in three blocks including a café/retail unit. Updates On 22nd January 2024 the council made a decision on the application requesting clarifications and changes. […]
Fri, May 13, 2022 Read in 4 minutes Neasa speaking during Dáil statements on the National Maternity Hospital on Thursday, 12th May. Transcript: Those of us who have been on the Health Committee and who have looked at these documents at length and considered the matter yesterday and again today have had the time this […]
