Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes €4.79million funding for sports organisations in Waterford following the announcement of the Sports Capital Programme allocations for 2022. The funding which is spread across 65 Waterford clubs and organisations will provide funding for projects over 16 different sports as well as scouting, community facilities, community games and multi…
Waterford TD welcomes the biggest home insulation and retrofit scheme ever offered in the state which will cut heating bills, reduce carbon emissions and result in warmer, healthier homes that cost less to heat. Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes the biggest home insulation and retrofit scheme ever offered in the state which…
Tá plean náisiúnta iarfheistithe fairsing fógartha ag an Rialtas a chabhróidh le sealbhóirí tí athruithe beaga nó móra a dhéanamh ar a dteach agus beidh teach níos teo agus níos sláintiúla ann a chosnaíonn níos lú le haghaidh teasa. Is maith é don sealbhóir tí, don chomhshaol agus leis na poist ghlasa a thiocfaidh as,…
Waterford TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes the first ever Town Centre First policy which will breathe new life into town centres and make our towns and villages better places to live, work and raise a family. This major new strategy will tackle vacancy, combat dereliction and will unlock the potential of towns throughout the country.…
Like other colleagues in the House, I welcome this draft legislation, which fulfils a number of commitments from the programme for Government. There have been a number of references to the 1971 Act. We will all agree it is long overdue and in need of an overhaul. It demonstrates the value of having a senior…
Bhí Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge ag plé cúrsaí tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht leis an Aire Tithíochta, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil ag cruinniú an Chomhchoiste, Dé Céadaoin, an 26 Eanáir 2022. Thug an tAire Tithíochta, Darragh O’Brien, cuairt an-fháilte ar an gCoiste Gaeilge an tseachtain seo le plé a dhéanamh ar…
It is important and timely to have this debate on youth mental health, particularly as we emerge from the Covid pandemic. It is a tough time to be a young person. I made what I hope are the majority of my mistakes at a time before social media and before digital cameras were ubiquitous. How difficult it must…
Waterford TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes €24million funding allocated to Waterford City & County Council for walking and cycling infrastructure in 2022. The funding was announced by The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan T.D. as part of a broader package of €289million allocated by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to local authorities throughout the country.…
Two seemingly innocuous sections in the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, which passed Second Stage late last year, are likely to have outsized impact on our roads and on the cars and drivers using them into the future. While they are an instance of the law trying to keep pace or catch up with…
Establishing a Commission on Taxation and Welfare was one of the little heralded but very important commitments set out in the Programme for Government. Ireland has what is, on the whole, quite a progressive and redistributive system, but there are issues that should be examined – for instance, are we over-reliant on Corporate Tax revenues,…
