The news that High Court Judge Mr Tony O’Connor last week branded mental health services in the Roscommon area as being in ‘a crisis situation’ is further confirmation what I…
On Wednesday evening I said that it is quite unbelievable that it has taken the Government so long to admit that the A and E service at University Hospital in…
During leaders questions in the Dail on Wednesday I told the Taoiseach Enda Kenny that it was simply not good enough that there were 4,000 people less in employment in…
The news that the Bankruptcy Bill will be brought to cabinet this week to reduce the time of bankruptcy from three years to one year is very welcome and it…
I want to welcome the commitment given to me by Roscommon County Council that funding for refurbishment work on the bridge on the bridge at Harristown, Castlerea on the N60…
I want to welcome the new rates initiative agreed at the Roscommon County Council at their budget meeting this week. The plan, wherby businesses who are setting up in a…
During a debate on the new tax rates for the haulage industry in the Dail, I welcomed the new lower motor tax rates for the sector and said that it…
During a debate in the Dail on the Criminal Justice Bill (Burglary of Dwellings) 2015 I proposed that a new type of Garda which could be called ‘a local Garda’…
Speaking at the Transport Committee in The Dail I raised a number of matters including what I would consider the need to be more imaginative when it comes to the…
In the Dail at the Transport Committee I pointed out that Ireland should be treated as a special case when it comes to energy requirements into the future. At the…