KENNY WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF €16.7M HOUSING INVESTMENT FOR DUBLIN REGION
Posted on May 28, 2015 2:36 PM
Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed the announcement by Minister Alan Kelly that €16.7m has been made available for housing investments in the Dublin region. "The funding will be used across a range of housing schemes including 234 additional housing units available for homeless families who need them, and over €6.1m will be spent on private houses where older people are living with a disability. Further funding of €1.5m will be spent on extensions to address problems with overcrowding in local authority houses." "As well as the issues of vacant units and housing adaptations being addressed, €1.3m will be spent...
DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES TO UNDER 10% HUGELY ENCOURAGING - KENNY
Posted on May 22, 2015 1:39 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has said that the drop in unemployment figures to below 10% for the first time since the economic crash is hugely encouraging. "CSO figures for the Quarterly National Household survey released yesterday show 41,300 more people at work in the last year. This figure is comprised of people in full-time jobs to 52,100 and represents a decrease of 10,800 people working in part-time jobs." "I extremely happy to see these figures, as it means that the Action Plan for Jobs that was set up by the Government during its early days in office,...
KENNY WELCOMES FUNDING FOR SCOIL EOIN BAISDE IN CLONTARF
Posted on May 22, 2015 12:45 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Seán Kenny has welcomed the provision of funding for Scoil Eoin Baisde in Clontarf. "Scoil Eoin Baisde requires this funding for emergency works for the school as it continues to provide education to our young people and 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 for this, and this funding is a part of that planning." "A five year plan Schools Capital Programme was unveiled...
GOVERNMENT IS ACTING TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT PLANNING SYSTEM - KENNY
Posted on May 13, 2015 7:32 PM
Speaking on Private Members Business in the Dáil Before I was re-elected to the Dail in February 2011, I was a Dublin Councillor for over 30 years. A lot of what went on in the Dublin Councils in the 1980's and early 1990's and which was later reported on by the Mahon Tribunal, was caused by greed, corruption and unregulated lobbying which lead to unsafe planning decisions. I spoke in the first Dail debate on the Mahon Report when it was published. It was of special interest to me as the Baldoyle, Cloghran/Cargobridge, and Drumnigh/Portmarnock Mahon Report modules referred...
KENNY CALLS FOR A GRANT-AIDED SCHEME TO REMOVE HARMFUL LEAD PIPES FROM WATER SUPPLY
Posted on May 12, 2015 6:54 PM
Speaking during a Topical Issue Debate Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has called for a grant-aided scheme to aid the removal of harmful piping from the public water supply. "It has been stated that forty-two public water supplies in Ireland tested in the latest Environmental Protection Agency inspections had lead levels that exceeded safety thresholds that came into effect in December last year; Dublin city alone was known to have several thousand homes still with internal lead pipes and that situation is replicated across the country. Ireland is not alone in regard to having legacy issues with lead...
LABOUR IN GOVERNMENT DRIVING THE AGENDA FOR WORKERS - KENNY
Posted on May 8, 2015 2:30 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has said that the new draft legislation on collective bargaining is a major step forward in securing the rights of workers. "The new legislation will go a long way in improving the rights of workers who seek to negotiate pay and conditions on a collective basis when the employer refuses to engage with the workers. We have seen this most recently with the Dunnes Stores workers, who have effectively been ignored by the Dunnes management." "I have also heard at first hand stories from Dunnes Stores workers who have been victimised for taking...
KENNY WELCOMES FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS IN KILMORE AND KILBARRACK
Posted on May 8, 2015 2:22 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Seán Kenny has welcomed the provision of funding for Scoil Fhursa in Kilmore West and Abacus School in Kilbarrack. "Scoil Fhursa requires this funding for mechanical works for the school as it continues to provide education to our young people. Abacus in Kilbarrack is getting funding to provide access for all children and I warmly welcome the funding for both schools." "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 for...
LEGISLATION ON PREVENTING TERRORISM WILL HELP MAKE IT HARDER FOR TERRORISTS TO OPERATE
Posted on May 7, 2015 3:17 PM
Speaking on the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 I am pleased to be able to speak on this important legislation concerning terrorist offences as a member of the Oireachtas Justice Committee. The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill is a significant piece of legislation, with two primary objectives, namely, amending the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Act 2005 in order to give effect to EU Directives agreed under the Lisbon Treaty and secondly, the Bill will allow Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism. The Bill creates three new offences in relation...
KENNY WELCOMES FUNDING OF €13.4 MILLION FOR 62 UNITS AT BUNRATTY ROAD
Posted on May 5, 2015 11:13 AM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed the announcement of funding of €13.4 million to build 62 new housing units at Bunratty Road in Coolock in Dublin 17. "I am very happy that Phase 1C of the development on Bunratty Road is going ahead as part of the announcement made today by Minister Alan Kelly. This is the first major direct build social housing programme by local authorities with the kick-starting of over 100 separate housing projects that was announced in the last budget." "Local authorities submitted applications for this direct building programme and approval was granted to...
KENNY WELCOMES FUNDING FOR SCOIL MHUIRE IN HOWTH
Posted on May 1, 2015 1:23 PM
Dublin Bay North Labour TD Seán Kenny has welcomed the provision of funding for Scoil Mhuire in Howth. "Schoil Mhuire requires this funding for additional accomodation for the school as it continues to provide education to our young people and 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 for this, and this funding is a part of that planning." "A five year plan Schools Capital Programme was unveiled by the...
