KENNY WELCOMES COMMITMENT TO MORE RELIABLE SEAT RESERVATIONS
Posted on August 31, 2011 5:04 PM
Dublin North East Labour T.D. and Oireachtas Transport Committee Member Sean Kenny has welcomed the confirmation he has received, informing him that steps are being taken to improve the seat reservation on InterCity rail services. "I raised this issue with the new Chairperson of Irish Rail when he came before the Oireachtas Transport Committee in July. He has since written to me and confirmed to me that pre-departure checks are being made to ensure that seat reservation displays are displaying names. If there is a failure, seats are reserved manually. He has also told me that there are weekly spot...
BEAUMONT OVERCROWDING A SERIOUS CONCERN - KENNY
Posted on August 31, 2011 12:06 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny today responded to comments by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). "It is obvious to many people throughout communities in Northside Dublin that there is a serious overcrowding problem in Beaumont Hospital. The INMO are commenting on something that is already known about at a community level. Cutbacks have caused the closure of 60 acute beds in the last year, and this is compounded by the fact that 81 patients who were fit to be discharged were not able to be because no nursing home beds were available. "I have heard that...
KENNY CALLS FOR FORMER TAOISGH'S EXPENSES TO BE VOUCHED
Posted on August 30, 2011 3:42 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny has said that he has received comments from constituents that made it clear that the public are extremely angry at former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern's excessive expenses claims. "It is quite clear that Mr. Ahern's expenses claims are far higher than the claims of other former Taoisigh. Constituents have contacted me to express that this sort of expense claim is very difficult indeed to understand when so many people throughout the country are having serious difficulties themselves. "The Department of the Taoiseach has said that every aspect of spending, including the services for former...
HSE SHOULD INVESTIGATE EQUIPMENT FAILURE - KENNY
Posted on August 19, 2011 1:56 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny has called on the HSE to ensure that mechanisms are put in place to ensure that there is a secondary power source available at all times in ambulances. This comes following the death of a patient as they were being transferred from one hospital to another in 2009. "During the transfer, the heart-support machine stopped however there was no back-up power supply for the device. Following an inquest into the death, the Dublin city coroner has said he would contact the national ambulance authority about the issue of external power supplies. "I would...
AIRPORT DART LINK IS NOT EXPENSIVE - KENNY
Posted on August 12, 2011 5:39 PM
Dublin North East T.D. and Oireachtas Transport Committee Member Seán Kenny today commented on a newspaper article detailing the future of Dublin rail transport options. "The article in the Irish Times, by Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, referred to a source that said the Airport DART spur from Clongriffin was a daft idea and would be too expensive. I think the idea is far from daft, because it is an alternative way to link Dublin Airport to the railway network, and also because it is affordable to do it - the cost would be in the region €200m, less than one-tenth...
FINGLETON CAN KEEP WATCH IF HE RETURNS €1M BONUS - KENNY
Posted on August 5, 2011 4:18 PM
Dublin North East Labour Party TD Seán Kenny commented this weekend on the issue of Michael Fingleton's €1m bonus and the €11,500 watch he received from the State-guaranteed institution on his retirement in April 2009. "Michael Fingleton, the former chief executive of Irish Nationwide, has failed to repay a €1 million bonus to the building society, over two years after he made an undertaking to do so. It is outrageous that he has still to do so and I call on him to explain the reasons why. "I was also very interested to read of the new story concerning his...
FÁS ANNUAL LEAVE DEFIES CREDIBILITY - KENNY
Posted on August 5, 2011 11:10 AM
Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny today commented on the situation at FÁS where certain FÁS staff nearing retirement age are able to take 70 days annual leave per year in the 2 years run up to their retirement. "This is a very clear sign that FÁS needs to be totally reformed and for this to be done urgently. Tens of thousands of people across Ireland are working on reduced working weeks and many more thousands are now out of work and searching for a job. "This government inherited FÁS from the 14 years of Fianna Fáil misrule -...
