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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

Wed, Oct 26, 2022

Neasa's Topical Issue on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.

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Digital Exam Papers

Tue, Oct 18, 2022

I am delighted to hear that visually-impaired Leaving Cert students will soon have access to digital exam papers.

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Payment Dates for Social Protection Supports Introduced in Budget 2023

Mon, Oct 17, 2022

A range of social protection supports were announced in Budget 2023. These include a €12 increase in core welfare payments and a package of 8 lump sum payments between now and Christmas.

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New shared kitchen facilities at SPADE Enterprise Centre

Tue, Oct 11, 2022

I was delighted to attend a sod-turning event for a new shared kitchen facility at the SPADE Enterprise Centre in Nth King Street. Starting a food business is tough and a shared kitchen facility will allow new food businesses to start without large capital outlays.

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Dorset Street Trees

Tue, Oct 4, 2022

Concerns have been raised with my office in relation to the trees that lined the central reservation along Dorset Street.

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Inconsistencies in real-time bus displays

Tue, Sep 27, 2022

I had asked the National Transport Authority why there are occasional inconsistencies between the bus real-time displays at the stop and the real-time display in the mobile application; the reason that buses occasionally disappear from the real-time displays; and the plans to resolve these issues.

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Reasonable Accommodation at State Examinations

Fri, Sep 23, 2022

Many kids with visual impairment rely on digital material they then cannot use when doing State exams. That is not 'reasonable accommodation', when instead secure digital documents could be in use. I put this to the Minister for Education at a recent meeting of the Disability Matters Committee. I was heartened by the Minister's response to take it away and consult with the State Examination Commission.

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Old Cabra Road Service Station

Thu, Sep 15, 2022

A number of concerned locals have been in touch with my office in relation to the Go Garage on the Old Cabra Road, and a number of breaches they have made in relation to their planning permission.

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