Tue, Oct 18, 2022 Read in 1 minutes I am delighted to hear that visually-impaired Leaving Cert students will soon have access to digital exam papers. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has finally agreed to roll out a pilot project to allow visually-impaired students access to digital versions of their exam papers. Up until now, […]
Tue, Mar 8, 2022 Read in 1 minutes Cllr. Janet Horner informed us that Dublin City Council has today given notice that it intends to make an application under Part 8 (planning process for works done by the council itself) to construct a residential development on the East Wall Road (at the old Readymix site). […]
Thu, Mar 19, 2020 Read in 1 minutes It was announced that Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe had secured agreement from main banks to introduce a range of measures to help those affected by COVID-19 [1]. These measures were to include a payment break up to three months. EBS (owned by AIB) appears not to […]
Neasa spoke of her support for e-scooters, but also about the need to ensure an inclusive and ambitious public realm that is accessible and walkable and supportive of every single vulnerable pedestrian out there. Transcript: What I want to talk about today is scooters. In the interests of full disclosure, I should say that I […]
Neasa engaged with officials from Transport Infrastructure Ireland in relation to walking and cycling infrastructure, as well as the new Luas Finglas line, when they appeared before the Public Accounts Committee. Transcript: Deputy Neasa Hourigan: I want to raise some questions as a result of a recent freedom of information request from the Dublin Commuter […]
Wed, Dec 14, 2022 Read in 1 minutes A 1.1km section from Dorset Street along North Circular Rd and Portland Row ending at Amiens St/North Strand Rd has been identified by Dublin City Council for an interim walking and cycling scheme. Members of the public can have their say on the scheme via a public […]
Mon, Oct 17, 2022 Read in 1 minutes A range of social protection supports were announced in Budget 2023. These include a €12 increase in core welfare payments and a package of 8 lump sum payments between now and Christmas. Today (Monday, 17th October) sees the first lump sum payment – the Autumn double payment […]
Mon, Oct 11, 2021 Read in 3 minutes Neasa speaking in her role as Chair of the Budgetary Oversight Committee on providing financial oversight in advance of Budget 2022. Transcript: Interviewer: Hello Chair, you are very welcome to studio and thank you for joining us. You became Chair of the Budgetary Oversight Committee at the […]
Thu, Jun 30, 2022 Read in 1 minutes Neasa is looking for secretarial support to help her in a range of areas. The job includes national and constituency activities, located in Leinster House and the Dublin Central Constituency. Duties Example tasks – assisting existing staff with: Dealing with correspondence (post, email, social media) from constituents […]
Wed, Apr 17, 2024 Read in 1 minutes Today, Neasa Hourigan TD, Cllr. Janet Horner and Area Rep Feljin Jose launched a position paper on waste in Dublin city The paper looks at: some of the specific challenges Dublin’s city centre faces w.r.t. waste international best practice proposals for change including a bill that would […]
Mon, Feb 7, 2022 Read in 2 minutes Please find below an update on a number of derelict housing units owned by Dublin City Council provided by Cllr. Darcy Lonergan on 7th Feb. 2022 No. 109 Connaught Street is completed. Nos.19 & 21 Connaught Street are currently undergoing dilapidation and condition surveys to determine the […]
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 Read in 1 minutes We need a review of regional & under-served community access to banking services with a view to establishing a material public banking system partially or fully supported by Credit Unions and An Post. The Green Party today has launched a position paper on Public Banking. The position […]
Thu, Mar 19, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Some of the latest COVID-19 information on health and finance (for employers and employees) can be found below. As of 18th March 2020 there are now 366 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health, said: Again, today […]
Wed, Oct 6, 2021 Read in 2 minutes A planning application has been made for a hotel at 77-80 North King Street. 77 North King Street is the current location of the Cobblestone Public House. The plans call for the retention of the existing Cobblestone Public House. My submission to Dublin City Council on this […]
