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 for Further and Higher Education,…
Green Party TD for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD welcomed the inclusion of Waterford in the Community Safety Partnership pilot scheme which was announced today and will also include Dublin North Inner City and Longford. The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, today named the three locations where new Local Community Safety Partnerships will be…
The Child Flu Vaccine is in plentiful supply. It is FREE OF CHARGE for all children aged 12 and under and is administered by nasal spray. My own children have had it and the pharmacist even came out to the car with the nasal spray and the obligatory lollipops! To avail of the Child Flu…
North Quays Announcement Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes today’s historic announcement of unprecedented funding for the North Quays Project which he says displays a significant vote of confidence in our city and county. The total package of €110.6m is made up of €80.6m in Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) support for…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes today’s historic announcement of unprecedented funding for the North Quays Project which he says displays a significant vote of confidence in our city and county. The total package of €110.6m is made up of €80.6m in Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) support for the Waterford North…
Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes today’s announcement of 40 new positions for Waterford as a result of the growth of Trilateral Research Ltd, based in Belview Port, Waterford. Trilateral Research Ltd. a leading UK headquartered research, consultancy and technology development company has announced plans to add 40 new roles in Ireland over the next four years. The company’s Irish office, based in Belview…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomed today’s announcement of an unprecedented €85 million funding package for the Irish sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the various Covid-19 restrictions imposed since March 2020. The funding was announced by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media, Catherine Martin TD and Minister…
A great deal has changed in the two weeks since the first raft of #Covid-19 supports were introduced by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I travelled to Dublin last week to attend a briefing on these measures along with spokespeople from other parties. What’s clear is that these payments have been designed…
March 19, 2020. Recently elected TD for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh made his maiden speech before a much reduced Dáil during last Thursday’s debate on emergency legislation to tackle the Covid-19 health crisis. Only one third of elected TDs were allowed to enter the chamber in order to minimise the chance of transmission during the…
Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD has called for Government support for Local Media as they find themselves in a perilous financial situation due to a dramatic decline in their advertising revenue within a very short space of time. He said that “Local Newspapers and Radio Stations are facing into an uncertain future in the light…
