Green Party TD for Waterford encourages Waterford pubs, clubs and cafés to apply for Evening and Night Time Economy funding for their businesses. Green Party TD for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh encourages Waterford pubs, clubs and cafés to apply for grants of up to €10,000 per business as part of a new Evening and Night…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has today welcomed €339,755 funding for 5 key heritage projects in Waterford. The funding announced today by Minister Malcolm Noonan has been allocated to Waterford City & County Council under the Historic Structures Fund which is administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. It is…
Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes significant annual funding announced for youth services in Dungarvan and West Waterford. The funding was announced today by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh’s colleague Minister for Children, Equality, Integration, Disability & Youth Roderic O’Gorman. Minister Roderic O’Gorman today confirmed that the selection process for eight new UBU Your…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has today welcomed €182,400 funding for 22 heritage projects in Waterford. The funding announced today by Minister Malcolm Noonan is allocated under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS), administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This funding announcement follows the launch last week by Minister…
Waterford Green Party TD welcomes the launch of the Final Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community. The report launch marks the 5th anniversary of the declaration of Traveller ethnicity in Ireland and highlights the variety of issues which affect the Travelling community in Ireland. The Travelling community had…
Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes the immediate lifting of visa restrictions between Ukraine and Ireland. This measure means that people who feel it’s safe to leave Ukraine can do so without needing to arrange a visa in advance and will be of considerable benefit to Ukrainian people with family members already…
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has today welcomed €691,814 funding for four key Waterford projects which will help tackle vacancy and dereliction and bring landmark town centre buildings back to life. The funding was allocated under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme as part of Our Rural Future and will see buildings turned…
Before I begin to talk about the town centre first policy, I wish to acknowledge the members of the Ukrainian community that are outside the gates today. Trying to relate the personal stories of the people at the gates to the large scale of the war on Europe is unthinkable. It does not touch on…
This is a welcome chance to discuss an important and substantial piece of work that issues every year from Social Justice Ireland, which tracks our attainment in terms of the sustainable progress index or sustainable development goals over of the year. I raised this issue this time last year and submitted a similar Topical Issue.…
Transcript of Dáil Contribution on a 12th Wellbeing Indicator for Language and Culture: I have a question regarding the well-being framework that is under development at the moment. We are quite closely shadowing the OECD framework, Better Life, which is welcome in many respects. It is a good model to follow. However, one of the…
