Unfortunately we have a situation where a lot of our local secondary schools are closed this week due to an industrial dispute. It is my view that the ASTI should…
I was astonished to read on the local media last week that Roscommon County Council have told local taxi drivers that they do not have the funds to provide a…
Another month has gone by and once again the figures for Hospital Waiting Lists have gone up again. Most worrying of all is the growth once again in the number…
Just when you think that things could not get any worse with regard to waiting lists and problems in the health service I have spoken to a constituent today who…
I welcome the announcement from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD who recently announced an additional allocation of €850,000 from savings in his Department to the…
Two weeks ago I broke a story about mental health services in county Roscommon with threatened closures of day centres and an additional threat to some accommodation for service users….
Figures released today show that there are over 3,600 people waiting over a year for surgery at Galway University Hospital which is by far the largest figure in the country…
A major report carried out by the company P3 and which was published over the weekend, has once again supported something that I have been highlighting for some time, that…
While the childcare package introduced in the Budget was welcome, there is a whole cohort of people who have received no recognition under the new provisions. People who work late…
I am very pleased to announce that the boil water notice which has been in place on the Roscommon North Eastern Regional Water Supply is expected to be lifted today….