News Archives for November, 2009
30 November, 2009
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30 November, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle is once again calling on the HSE to upgrade security around the car parks at St Conals and Letterkenny Hospitals.
The call comes after the latest incident at the St Conals Hospital car park were a car had two of its doors stolen. Read full article
30 November, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty, has criticised the failure of the Department of Agriculture to make available full REPS IV payments.
Senator Doherty was responding to a statement from the Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith, in response to a Sinn Féin Dáil question, in which he said that he hoped to make 75% of each payment in mid December. Read full article
25 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty today secured a Seanad debate with the Minister for Social and Family Affairs on the need for the Minister to reverse the decision to abolish the Christmas bonus.
Speaking from the Seanad this evening Senator Pearse Doherty said this cruel and scrooge-like move will drive struggling families into the hands of money-lenders and will be disastrous for local economies. Doherty claimed that this decision will have a massive effect in Donegal with over 54,000 people in the county receiving social welfare payments. Read full article
22 November, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator, Pearse Doherty, has expressed confidence that the Gweedore Library will be located in the purpose built Aislann Gaoth Dobhair. Senator Doherty was speaking following a visit to the Aislann to view the Multi facility, state of the art building that will not be fully completed as planned due to financial difficulties at state level. Read full article
20 November, 2009
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17 November, 2009
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17 November, 2009
Sinn Féin education Spokesperson Pearse Doherty has reiterated his call for immediate government action on the chaos that has been ongoing within VECs and County Councils in the distribution of student grants.
Senator Doherty questioned the possibility of realising the potential of the Smart Economy, when the Government are so shamefully neglecting the country's valuable human resources. Read full article
17 November, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle is calling on the Minister for Social Welfare, Mary Hanafin, T.D., to make public her Department's analysis of the impact of planned welfare cuts. "Everyone should know what the consequences of cutting the income of the poorest will be" said Cllr Mc Monagle Read full article
16 November, 2009
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education Senator Pearse Doherty has welcomed the statement by minister of Education Batt O Keefe in which he said that there would be no change to small schools as long as he was minister. Senator Doherty paid tribute to the parents, teachers and the wider community who campaigned with him to bring this u-turn about. Read full article
12 November, 2009
At Tuesdays meeting of the Glenties electoral area Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher, opened discussion on the ever-increasing employment situation in the Rosses and Dungloe.
With Planning statistics down by 100% over a 12 month period, Cllr Gallagher felt that it was time for the local area committee to acknowledge their responsibilities and stand up and fight for the needs of West Donegal. Read full article
11 November, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle has warned that a failure to restore the Christmas Social welfare payment would push those struggling to get by further into poverty and into the arms of ruthless moneylenders. Read full article
10 November, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has hit out at both Fianna Fáil Donegal Senators for not supporting his amendments to the NAMA legislation which would ensure that banks would lend to viable small and medium enterprises and would stop any home repossession for a two year period. Read full article
10 November, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle has warned that a failure to restore the Christmas Social welfare payment would push those struggling to get by further into poverty and into the arms of ruthless moneylenders. Read full article
3 November, 2009
Speaking in the Seanad this week Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has called on the Minister for Agriculture to show compassion to the 2,233 Donegal farmers who have been shut out from the REPS 4 scheme.
Senator Doherty made the plea in the Seanad to the Junior Minister for Agriculture, calling on Government to reverse cuts on farming which is leading to the destruction of small rural farms and slowly driving traditional farming out of existence. Read full article
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