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So far this week:
The PUP supports for those who lost their jobs during Covid have been cut, but:
The government have decided to pay for 10 new special advisors for junior Ministers.
The Low Pay Commission proposes a meagre 10cent rise in the minimum wage, but:
TDs are set to get another wage increase (which SF will refuse).
Who says Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil are out of touch?
The PUP supports for those who lost their jobs during Covid have been cut, but:
The government have decided to pay for 10 new special advisors for junior Ministers.
The Low Pay Commission proposes a meagre 10cent rise in the minimum wage, but:
TDs are set to get another wage increase (which SF will refuse).
Who says Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil are out of touch?
Sinn Féin Ireland
Keynote Address by Mary Lou McDonald
If you haven’t seen #UnquietGraves yet, watch back here https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/unquiet-graves/147130920020
It provides just a glimpse of Britain’s dirty war in Ireland during modern times. A story left untold for too long.
It provides just a glimpse of Britain’s dirty war in Ireland during modern times. A story left untold for too long.
The mushroom industry is an important sector to the Irish economy - but it is vital to Co Monaghan where it is concentrated.
The government intends to ban the use of horticultural peat which will kill the mushroom industry and in turn devastate the Co Monaghan economy - we cannot let them proceed as planned. This week in the Dáil I informed Eamon Ryan of these realities:
The government intends to ban the use of horticultural peat which will kill the mushroom industry and in turn devastate the Co Monaghan economy - we cannot let them proceed as planned. This week in the Dáil I informed Eamon Ryan of these realities:
It is sickening that I had to raise the issue of the group home in Carrickmacross - built for some of our most special citizens but lying idle - once again in the Dáil.
Once again the response was frustratingly vague - this issue won’t go away - it’s time for government to live up to their responsibilities!
Once again the response was frustratingly vague - this issue won’t go away - it’s time for government to live up to their responsibilities!
56% of all Covid19 deaths in this state occurred in our nursing homes. This was a systemic failure of the highest order.
The prevalence was particularly high in counties Cavan and Monaghan.
Today at the Dáil committee on Covid19 I had an opportunity to discuss some of the issues with the Expert Panel charged with examining the situation in nursing homes.
The prevalence was particularly high in counties Cavan and Monaghan.
Today at the Dáil committee on Covid19 I had an opportunity to discuss some of the issues with the Expert Panel charged with examining the situation in nursing homes.
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