Waterford TD, Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh has welcomed Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s announcement of €66.8million funding for National and Regional Youth organisations with €3,063,000 ringfenced for organisations in Waterford and Wexford. The package announced today will bring much needed funds to youth organisations throughout the county as well as providing essential funding for the national organisations…
Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh says that Waterford homeowners, farmers and communities are now a step closer to being able to sell their extra renewable power to the national grid thanks to the new renewable energy feed-in tariff which is expected to be in place by July. Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has urged Waterford City and County council to apply for a new €50m fund announced by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan. He said: “This new funding is specifically designed for our towns, villages and rural areas and I urge Waterford Council to make sure that Waterford towns and…
Sports Capital Programme November 30, 2020 As we look forward to Waterford’s place in the upcoming Hurling All Ireland Final, sport is on the mind of everyone in the county! 2020 has been a year like no other for sport in Ireland but I’m happy to see that registration for the Sports Capital Programme opens…
Since 2018, €56 million has been spent on Technical University projects throughout Ireland. Of that, the Technical University of the South East (TUSE) has only received €8.1 million, or 14% of the total budget. Much less than funds allocated to either Dublin, Cork or Galway, all of which are regions with existing universities. These figures…
Wellbeing Indicators Dublin, November 17, 2020 My Green Party colleagues and I launched our Wellbeing Indicators Position Paper earlier today. We believe that GDP is not a way to measure the wellbeing and the quality of life of Irish Citizens; it’s time we looked to Wellbeing Indicators to measure the welfare of the Irish nation…
Traveller Education. November 13, 2020 Waterford Green Party TD welcomes an announcement of €300,000 for targeted supports to ensure that the increase in Traveller participation in Higher Education remains on track. Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD, Green Party Spokesperson for Social Protection and a former Primary School teacher welcomed the announcement of €300,000 funding by Minister…
Free Child Flu Vaccine November 13, 2020. Waterford TD encourages parents to avail of the Free Child Flu Vaccine for their children aged 12 and under. Green Party TD for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh is encouraging parents to avail of the Child Flu Vaccine which is free of charge for children aged 12 and under…
Withdrawal of the UK from the EU Bill I spoke in the Dáil this week on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU Bill. It seems to be clear that the subject of fisheries remains an outstanding issue for which an agreement has not been reached. No common ground has been found when it…
Child Flu Vaccine Nov 12, 2020 I spoke in the Dáil this week about the Flu Vaccine programme 2020. Our GPs and Pharmacists have been extremely busy rolling out an unprecedent number of Adult Flu Vaccines and also the Children’s Flu Vaccine. Unfortunately it seems we won’t receive more Adult #FluVaccine due to global supply…
