CAPPAGH HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS FOR HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS NEED TO BE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY - KENNY
Posted on November 27, 2014 6:08 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD has raised the issue of waiting lists for hip and knee replacements at Cappagh Hospital. "I raised this issue on behalf of a constituent of mine, who is in his late seventies and has been on the waiting list at Cappagh Hospital since earlier this year. He first contacted me in September of last year and I believe that his case illustrates that of many others who are waiting for hip and knee joint replacement surgery at Cappagh hospital for a long period." "I have written to Cappagh Hospital seeking to find out when my...
KENNY WELCOMES LAUNCH OF MASSIVE SOCIAL HOUSING INVESTMENT WORTH €3.8BN
Posted on November 26, 2014 6:20 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed the launch today of the massive public investment in social housing that was announced as part of the recent Budget for 2015. "In committing to provide 35,000 new social housing units at a cost of €3.8bn, the Strategy will move the State back to having a central role in how social housing is provided. The State will engage directly in building social housing by getting local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to take a key role in construction of good quality, safe and secure housing that is suited to the needs...
ETHICS LEGISLATION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - KENNY
Posted on November 21, 2014 4:47 PM
Sean Kenny, the Dublin Bay North Labour TD, and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice has said that while Irish parliamentarians have introduced significant parliamentary reforms around ethics, more needs to be done. "A report called 'Corruption Prevention in Respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors', published by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (Greco) group has praised the transparency of Ireland's parliamentary system. It also says that the system governing the conduct of parliamentarians is too complex in that it bases its rules on a variety of sources including the Constitution, legislation and various...
RETAILERS SHOULD ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND ANTI-SMOKING LAWS - KENNY
Posted on November 20, 2014 5:26 PM
Labour TD, Sean Kenny, has said it is important for businesses to ensure they are up to date with anti-smoking laws. "Tobacco is the biggest preventable cause of death in Ireland. Most people start smoking while they are young and more to the point, when they are underage. In order to protect our children we have to make sure they they cannot start and the best way of doing this is to ensure those that sell tobacco products are fully able to stop selling tobacco to minors." "The laws for this are already in place and so I would urge...
TODAY BRINGS CERTAINTY ON WATER CHARGES - KENNY
Posted on November 19, 2014 5:15 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has said that today beings certainty on the matter of water charges. "I am sorry that this matter has dragged out for so long but I am pleased that today finally sees all of the matters and concerns that people had around water charges clarified." "Irish Water has a very important part to play in the delivery of proper Irish water services for the country. More than 20,000 people are on 'boil water' notices and almost a million more depend on drinking water supplies that are at risk of failing the required standards....
KENNY WELCOMES OPENING OF DIRECT ACCESS FROM MARRSFIELD AVENUE, CLONGRIFFIN, TO CLONGRIFFIN DART STATION
Posted on November 19, 2014 2:22 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD, and member of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, today welcomed the opening of direct road and pedestrian access from Marrsfield Avenue, Clongriffin, to Clongriffin DART Station. "Since the apartments were completed at Marrsfield, Clongriffin, Marrsfield residents had to make a long detour to get access to Clongriffin DART Station. The DART Station was opened in 2010 and access has now been provided 4 years later." "I have been campaigning, along with the Marrsfield residents, for this access which was opened this week by a contractor working on behalf of the developer Gannon. I wish to...
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO HELP LOCAL PARENTS GET BACK TO WORK - KENNY
Posted on November 14, 2014 3:32 PM
Labour has launched a website to promote back to work schemes, particularly the new Family Dividend that is designed to help Dublin's unemployed parents. "The website, gettingback2work.ie, goes live next week and provides information on how local parents benefit from the Back to Work Family Dividend if they gain employment." "It was launched by Tánaiste Joan Burton, who introduced the dividend in the Budget to help parents bridge the cost gap of getting back to work." "This includes those who move to self-employment, such as back into the construction sector, and those on One Parent Family Payment. Anyone getting Jobseeker's...
KENNY WELCOMES FUNDING FOR SCOIL BHRIDE IN DONAGHMEDE
Posted on November 14, 2014 1:42 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Seán Kenny has welcomed the provision of funding on the basis of Access for All at Scoil Bhride in Donaghmede. "Scoil Bhride requires this funding as they continue to provide primary education to our local children and in particular our local children with special needs and disabilities, which is what this particular allocation of funding is for." "I warmly welcome the funding. It is vitally important that the country maintains its educational facilities at primary level, in order to accommodate the increasing numbers of pupils over the next few years. We have to plan ahead...
KENNY WELCOMES DUBLIN BUS CONSIDERATION OF ALL-NIGHT SERVICES
Posted on November 14, 2014 1:12 PM
Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Sean Kenny, has welcomed the news that Dublin Bus are looking at the possibility of all night bus services. "I understand that this is being considered as a part of a review being carried out, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, of the long running Nitelink service that is so familiar to people in Dublin." "At the moment, conventional Dublin Bus services operate until between 11pm or midnight, and the Nitelink service operate until 4am on Friday and Saturday nights. I think it would be an excellent idea for all-night...
COMMITTEE TO WRITE TO JUSTICE MINISTER OVER RTE FEATURE ON IRA - KENNY
Posted on November 12, 2014 5:55 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Deputy Sean Kenny, has said that the Justice Committee is to write to the Minister for Justice and ask her views on a recent RTE feature, which highlighted ongoing criminality by the Provisional IRA and other dissident organisations. Deputy Kenny commented: "Last week the Today with Sean O'Rourke programme featured a panel of experts discussing criminal activity in the border region. During the course of this discussion, it was stated that the Provisional IRA continues to operate a vast criminal network of up to €40 million. "I was...
CHILD BENEFIT RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE THE RIGHT THING TO DO - KENNY
Posted on November 11, 2014 11:10 PM
Speaking on the Social Welfare Bill 2014 The Social Welfare Bill 2014 gives legislative effect to one of the most important and significant social protection measures, namely, the increase in the monthly rate of Child Benefit, which I warmly welcome. Ireland as a nation is now coming out of the serious economic crisis that it faced over the past number of years, and while things are still tough, the Government is able to give back some of what had been lost, and part of this giving back is the restoration of Child Benefit, bringing the current rate from €130 to...
KENNY WELCOMES START OF PROCESS FOR SETTING UP OF GARDA AUTHORITY
Posted on November 7, 2014 7:08 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee Sean Kenny has welcomed the news that the Cabinet have given the go-ahead to draft legislation for an independent policing authority. "As a member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, I am very pleased to see this finally going ahead. The setting up of an independent policing authority was one of the reforms recommended by the Justice Committee in the report that we made that reviewed the Garda Siochana Act 2005, and which we published last month." "The new legislation will ensure an independent and transparent process of oversight...
INDEPENDENT ASSESSOR FOR SYMPHYSIOTOMY SCHEME A STRONG STEP - KENNY
Posted on November 6, 2014 12:46 PM
Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee Sean Kenny has welcomed the announcement that Judge Maureen Harding Clark has been appointed as Independent Assessor of the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme for women who underwent a surgical symphysiotomy. "The Government arrived at a decision last July to approve the setting up of the Scheme, amounting to approximately €34 million in terms of total compensation. Participants will receive awards at three levels - €50,000, €100,000 and €150,000. The Scheme also includes payments for the small number of women who have had a pubiotomy, which was sought by the groups representing the...
CSO DATA FOR OCTOBER SHOWS CONSISTENT AND STEADY DECLINE IN RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT - KENNY
Posted on November 6, 2014 12:45 PM
Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed a further drop in Live Register figures, which show a steady decline in unemployment since early 2012. "The latest CSO figures indicate unemployment continues to fall steadily with the rate dropping to 9.5% in October. Across the area for which I was elected, Dublin North East, there were 9339 on the Live Register in October 2013 and 8390 people on the Live Register in October of this year. That is a drop of 10.2%, which is excellent news and shows consistent and steady improvement from last month's figures and demonstrates that economic improvement is...
BUDGET 2015 IS THE FIRST BUDGET THAT TAKES IRELAND FIRMLY FROM CRASH TO RECOVERY - KENNY
Posted on November 5, 2014 5:52 PM
Speaking on the Finance Bill 2015 I would like to make some brief comments on the Finance Bill, which is the legislation that underpins the first budget that takes Ireland firmly from crash back to recovery. GDP growth of 4.7% is forecast in 2014 and 3.9% in 2015. 1.92 million People will be at work at end of 2014 which is up by 80,000 since the low point in 2012. An additional 48,000 is forecast by end of 2015. There are a number of positive aspects of the Budget that I want to emphasise in particular. In Budget 2015, all...
SERIOUS QUESTIONS FOR SINN FEIN FOLLOWING RTE FEATURE ON IRA CRIMINALITY
Posted on November 4, 2014 5:05 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, Deputy Sean Kenny, has said that he will write to the Chair of the Committee, David Stanton TD, to request that the Committee hears from experts on IRA and dissident crime following an exposé on their activities was broadcast on RTE earlier today. "Deputy Kenny was speaking following a feature on the Today with Sean O'Rourke programme where a series of experts on criminal activity in the border region, and stated that the Provisional IRA continues to operate a vast criminal network of up to €40 million and...
WEB SUMMIT PUTS IRELAND'S TECH ECONOMY AHEAD IN EUROPE - KENNY
Posted on November 4, 2014 1:26 PM
Dublin Labour TD Sean Kenny and member of the Oireachtas Communications Committee has said that the Web Summit, which gets underway today, has become the defining tech event for Europe and puts Ireland's technology economy ahead in Europe. "The Web Summit brings together tech industry leaders and executives and has become a fixture in the European and world tech scene. A lot of different people from the European and global technology industry meet to exchange ideas, and to do business and this leads to new startups and new businesses." "In the tech sector, professional social engagement is key and is...
