During leaders questions in the Dail I raised the matter of the cartel that exists at the moment with regard to those who are qualified to give courses to people…
The RTE Prime Time programme on why so many nurses and doctors are opting to leave this country when they are trained, underlines once again that we need to fundamentally…
The additional resources allocated to apprenticeships in this weeks’ budget is welcome. Some months ago I published a major policy document on the whole area of apprenticeships and I am…
One of the measures in this weeks’ budget that I warmly welcome is the reduction given to hauliers with regard to road tax for vehicles. As someone who was involved…
Over the past number of weeks taking leaders questions in the Dail, it is very apparent to me that there has to be a change on how we conduct politics…
During leaders questions in The Dail on Thursday I asked The Tainiste and the Minister for Finance to support an enhanced role for the credit unions in terms of the…
I note with interest on today’s national media a warning by Minister Leo Varadkar that cuts that the Government are seeking in the forthcoming budget particularly in the areas of…
The announcement from the Government that they are to spend 27 billion Euro on capital projects over the next five years might seem a marvellous boost to the economy at…
The news over the past few days of changes in the operation of the Glas scheme will mean that small farmers will once again be left out in the cold…
The announcement from the Government and the Minister for Justice that they are to install CCTV on motorways to monitor gangs who are carrying out rural crime might seem like…