KENNY WELCOMES MINISTER HOGAN'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Posted on December 16, 2011 2:53 PM
Dublin North East TD and Oireachtas Environment Committee member Sean Kenny today welcomed a commitment from the Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan, TD to produce a roadmap with regard to the creation of climate change legislation. "I am pleased that Minister Hogan has said that he would provide a roadmap for the introduction of climate change legislation and I also welcome his pledge to introduce the Heads of the Climate change Bill by the end of 2012. The Minister's commitment is a major step in Ireland's efforts to formulate a policy and legislation to combat climate change." "The roadmap...
LABOUR TD KENNY WELCOMES TAXATION MEASURES THAT WILL SEE INCREASED TAXATION ON WEALTH
Posted on December 7, 2011 3:28 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD Sean Kenny today welcomed the measures taken in the Budget that will result in individuals with wealth paying more tax. "I welcome the announcement by Minister Noonan in his Budget speech that the citizenship requirement was being removed from the Domicile Levy scheme." "By removing this requirement, the base for the levy will be broadened and it will make it more difficult for tax exiles to avoid paying the levy. It applies to those who have Irish assets worth over €5m, and whose worldwide income exceeds €1m." "Labour in Government will be keeping the issue...
LABOUR TD KENNY WELCOMES MOVE ON DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
Posted on December 7, 2011 3:21 PM
Dublin North East Labour TD, Sean Kenny, today welcomed the decision to review the proposal to align the rate of Disability Allowance with the rate of Jobseeker's Allowance. "I have received a lot of feedback on the issue of the Disability Allowance since last night, and I very much welcome the news that the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, has taken on board the concerns raised. I have since spoken to the community groups that have contacted me, and they were very happy to hear of this latest development." "Tough decisions have had to be made in this Budget,...
LABOUR TD KENNY RAISES DRUG CRIME WITH GARDA COMMISSIONER AT OIREACHTAS JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Posted on December 1, 2011 4:50 PM
During a presentation on Community Policing by Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan to the Oireachtas Justice committee this morning, committee member and Dublin North East Labour TD Sean Kenny raised with the Commissioner the concerns of his constituents regarding the recent increase in drugs searches and drug finds in the Coolock Garda District as reported to a local Safety Forum earlier this week. The Commissioner in his response stated that the drug problem was "not moving away", he also stated that while cocaine was the recreational drug of choice during the boom and heroin had decreased in use, cannabis was very...
KENNY SPEAKS IN DAIL ON WATER SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 2011
Posted on December 1, 2011 10:38 AM
In relation to Water Services generally, I wish to make a number of points which I believe are critically important. There is an ongoing problem with water supply outages in the Portmarnock area of my Dublin North East constituency. The issue relates to the delay in construction of a new reservoir at Seamount, Malahide, which will serve Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy. It should have been in place by now, but there is a long drawn out dispute over way leave. I would request if the Minister can ask if that dispute can be resolved and provide a timescale for completion....
RAHENY AND HARMONSTOWN FLOOD AND COASTAL PROTECTION WORK WELCOMED BY LABOUR TD KENNY
Posted on December 1, 2011 10:37 AM
Dublin North East Labour TD, Sean Kenny has welcomed the news that €135,000 of funding for works at Raheny Village & Harmonstown Road was approved recently. "Work on modelling of how Santry River flows will undertaken, as well as work the river culvert at Harmonstown Road and upstream of Harmonstown Bridge, as well as works between Howth Road and Raheny Main Street, which includes the raising of embankments, replacement of walls and flap valves on pipe outlets." "All this work is designed to protect Raheny and Harmonstown from flooding risk. We have seen recently that the risk of flooding is...
