SEÁN KENNY TD WELCOMES REDUCTION IN SCHOOL BUS COSTS
Posted on June 30, 2011 12:12 PM
Seán Kenny, the Dublin North East Labour TD and Oireachtas Transport Committee member, today welcomed the agreement by Bus Eireann to reduce school transport costs by €1.5 million and also the agreement by Bus Eireann to publish audited accounts of the scheme. "This will significantly reduce the administrative costs of the School Transport Service and Bus Eireann will continue to reduce administrative costs over the next three years", said Deputy Kenny. "Ciaran Cannon, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills and officials from his Department met with Bus Eireann yesterday as part of their efforts to...
GARDAI INVESTIGATE PRIORY HALL DEVELOPER FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS FROM DEPUTY SEÁN KENNY
Posted on June 29, 2011 12:12 PM
Dublin North East TD Seán Kenny said today that he was receiving many complaints from residents of Priory Hall regarding the shocking and dangerous condition that the development is in. "I would have thought that Tom McFeely, a director of Coalport Ltd, the company behind Priory Hall, would have learned his lesson when he received a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine earlier this year.", Deputy Kenny remarked. In April, Dublin District Court heard evidence of fire safety breaches at the Priory Hall, including a lack of automated opening vents in common areas, a lack of ventilation in the...
BAYSIDE DART STATION FLOODING
Posted on June 29, 2011 12:12 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD, Seán Kenny, today welcomed the response from Irish Rail in relation to the long running problem of flooding at Bayside DART Station. "I have been in contact with Irish Rail regarding Bayside DART Station in relation to the flooding that has been experienced there in the past year. Irish Rail have advised me that the flooding problem has been contained by remedial works that have been done at the station by fitting pumps to drain the flood water out of the station. There was a further flooding incident earlier this year, which was caused by...
KENNY CAUTIONS AGAINST FARE INCREASES
Posted on June 26, 2011 12:12 PM
Dublin North East TD and Oireachtas Transport Committee Member Seán Kenny today said that he was unsure if the Minister for Transport should proceed with increasing public transport fares. "I have spent the last couple of days researching the issue to see whether increases in public transport fares led to increases in revenue or whether price increases led public transport use to fall. I have to say I found next to nothing on the areas of research into public transport in Ireland - the most recent piece of research on the issue that I found that specifically related to Ireland...
SEÁN KENNY TD HIGHLIGHTS RULES ON HOUSE ALARMS
Posted on June 22, 2011 12:12 PM
Recently I have been hearing from constituents concerned with loud house alarms causing annoyance and interrupting their routines at home. I put down a parliamentary question on the matter to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, as he is the Minister responsible for the law in this area. Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 provides local authorities with powers to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise from any premises, processes and works. The Environment Section of the relevant City or County Council is the appropriate contact point for reporting a noise...
KENNY WELCOMES NOMINATION OF MICHAEL D HIGGINS AS LABOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Posted on June 20, 2011 12:12 PM
Dublin North East TD Seán Kenny, today welcomed the nomination on Sunday of Michael D Higgins as the Labour Party candidate for President. "Each candidate that wishes to become President and also the county councillors and Oireachtas members who have the privilege to vote for them must realise that the primary qualification for the office of President of Ireland is the capacity to act as a statesperson, capable of reminding the Irish people that we are a resilient nation, able to withstand difficult conditions.", Deputy Kenny said. "As Michael D Higgins has said himself, Ireland is not without hope, even...
KENNY SAYS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY ON DRUGS TRADE
Posted on June 20, 2011 12:12 PM
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice & Defence member and Dublin North East Labour Party TD Seán Kenny said that while collapse in the drugs trade was to be welcomed there was no room for complacency. Deputy Kenny was responding to an article published in the Monday edition of the Irish Times that referred to an unpublished report showing figures that indicated the value of the drugs trade had decreased because of the economic crisis. "While it is good that the value of drug seizures has decresed, Ireland must not be complacent. The drug trade is still a very serious issue...
SEÁN KENNY TD WELCOMES LEGISLATION PROHIBITING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Posted on June 15, 2011 12:12 PM
Dublin North East TD and member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice & Defence, Seán Kenny, today welcomed the Government legislation prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) that was passed today. "The Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 is most welcome", Deputy Kenny commented. "Legislation banning FGM is long overdue in Ireland - for example, legislation on FGM was passed in Britain as long ago as 1985. Senator Ivana Bacik introduced legislation on behalf of the Labour Party to the Seánad on the issue in April of 2010 which had support from all the political parties. This Government has...
KENNY WELCOMES ADDITIONAL VEC PLACES FOR CITY OF DUBLIN
Posted on June 13, 2011 12:12 PM
The Labour Party TD for Dublin North East, Seán Kenny said that the additional 1000 places announced as part of the Government Jobs Initiative today by the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn were very welcome. "This announcement shows the benefits brought by the Jobs Initiative that was set up by the Government recently. The Government is committed to getting people back to work and the announcement today is part of the almost 16,000 additional places countrywide announced in education and training as part of the Jobs Initiative Scheme", Deputy Kenny said. "The City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee...
KENNY URGES DEVELOPERS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO DEAL WITH UNFINISHED ESTATES
Posted on June 9, 2011 12:12 PM
The Labour Party TD for Dublin North East, Seán Kenny, today agreed with calls by Minister for Housing and Planning, Willie Penrose TD upon developers and financial institutions be more pro-active in their approach to devising long-term solutions for unfinished housing developments. The calls came in the wake of the publication of the final report from the Advisory Group, entitled Resolving Ireland's Unfinished Housing Developments. Deputy Kenny said that the Minister was concerned at feedback from many local authorities around the country that, as they grapple with unfinished developments, getting positive engagement from developers, site owners and financial institutions responsible...
SEÁN KENNY TD WELCOMES MINIMUM WAGE REVERSAL
Posted on June 8, 2011 12:12 PM
The Labour Party TD for Dublin North East, Seán Kenny, has welcomed the reversal of the minimum wage cut that was implemented by the Fianna Fáil / Green government in the last budget. "I am delighted to see the reversal of the mean-spirited cut in the minimum wage from €7.65 to €8.65. This means that the €40 a week that was taken from workers has been restored to them. I am proud that the Labour Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton brought this issue into the Dáil as soon as possible, in order to restore fairness in the labour market....
SEÁN KENNY TD WELCOMES TAXI REVIEW
Posted on June 8, 2011 12:12 PM
The Labour Party TD for Dublin North East, Seán Kenny, has welcomed the announcement by Labour Minister for Public & Commuter Transport Alan Kelly that there is to be a new review group established to clean up the Irish Taxi sector. The group, which will be chaired by Minister Kelly, will consist of Garda, consumer, driver, transport and other representatives and will explore all aspects of taxi regulation in Ireland. Deputy Seán Kenny said that that the review would allow unacceptable practices in the sector to be cleaned up: "I was very disturbed at the report on RTE's recent Prime...
SEÁN KENNY TD CRITICISES TREATMENT OF VODAFONE WORKERS
Posted on June 2, 2011 11:51 AM
The Labour Party TD for Dublin North East, Seán Kenny, has criticised the plans by Vodafone to send 130 jobs out of Ireland. Deputy Kenny has been informed by the Communications Workers Union that Vodafone plans to end its contract with Rigney Dolphin, its customer care call-centre provider, which will see over jobs in Dublin and elsewhere axed and moved to India. 30 more jobs within Vodafone in the customer care area are also to go and be replaced by workers in Egypt. While workers directly employed by Vodafone will have the opportunity to redeploy or to take redundancy packages,...
IRISH HOTELS FEDERATION APPROACH TO THE DUFFY WALSH REPORT IS WRONG
Posted on June 1, 2011 12:12 PM
Deputy Seán Kenny pointed out that the approach taken by the Irish Hotels Federation to the Duffy Walsh report is wrong. Deputy Kenny said that it was clear that the JLC system was in need of review. "The Programme for Government makes a firm commitment to review the JLCs", he said. "The first step of that reform is to consider the Duffy Walsh report. Abolition is not a part of the solution, and the Irish Hotels Federation are wrong to seek it". Deputy Kenny went on to say that the JLC's played an important role in the protection of some...
