As some long-Covid frontline healthcare staff face first week on welfare It has been revealed that up to 4,000 people are in receipt of a disability payment from the Department of Social Protection because they are unable to return to work due to long Covid, following an analysis by Denis Naughten TD. “While Government has yet to provide any …
Naughten to seek progress report on changes to Lough Funshinagh laws
Local TD Denis Naughten will this week question the Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien TD in the Dáil on the steps which are being taken to review the laws which impact on the flood relief works at Lough Funshinagh. “Last month Minister Patrick O’Donovan told me that he has passed on the correspondence from Roscommon County Council to Minister …
Up to 300k people with Long Covid but HSE remains in planning phase – Naughten
“Despite the fact that up to 300,000 people are suffering from the impact of Long Covid, the HSE is still only at the planning stage in the assessment of the scale of the problem and its possible impact on our health service” says Denis Naughten TD A response received by Denis Naughten from Anne O’Connor, the Chief Operations Officer …
Wireless broadband services must be extended to rural homes pending completion of broadband plan – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has called on the Government to work with existing wireless broadband providers to utilise the equipment that will be taken out of some 30,000 homes over the coming year as they connect to the new fibre cable delivered by National Broadband Ireland. “As National Broadband Ireland delivers fibre broadband to rural homes, families will come off their …
Taoiseach to be asked to intervene on Lough Funshinagh – Naughten
Denis Naughten will ask the Taoiseach in the Dáil this Wednesday to directly intervene in the current humanitarian crisis faced by eight families in Ballagh & Lisphelim area of South Roscommon. Deputy Naughten along with 6 other TDs from across the country have tabled a Dáil motion seeking the establishment of cross-departmental and cross-agency task force to address emergency climate …
IDA should secure HSE lands in Ballinasloe – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has asked the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, to ensure that the IDA acquire additional land from the HSE for industrial investment in the town of Ballinasloe. Speaking in the Dáil recently Denis Naughten pointed out that in Ballinasloe on the St Brigid’s Hospital Campus we have 50 acres of development land with water, wastewater, fibre optic …
Alexion investment huge vote of confidence in Monksland – Naughten
Monkland’s reputation as a biopharma hub growing with new announcement Local TD, Denis Naughten has welcomed the announcement by AstraZeneca that it is to install new drug substance production equipment and warehousing facilities at its Alexion site in Monksland. “This announcement is a further vote of confidence in the Monksland site which will expand Alexion’s drug substance production …
Families across the country will be forced to leave homes unless Funshinagh issue addressed – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has told the Dáil that unless a State taskforce is established to address the barriers blocking the completion of flood relief works at Lough Funshinagh, Co Roscommon, then many more communities across the country will face a similar crisis in the coming years. “Because of the legal challenges associated with the emergency flood relief works at …
11 local children leave primary school this month with no place for September – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has called for immediate action from Government to address the crisis situation where 11 local children are set to leave primary school in the next two weeks with no provision made for their secondary education in September. “Despite Minister Josepha Madigan assuring me four weeks ago that these local children would have access to an autism-specific …
Local autism places update
Last night in Dáil Éireann I raised the failure by the Department of Education to provide secondary school places for 11 local children, and the broader issue of specific classes at primary school level. Watch what I said here: I had previously raised this specific issue in the Dáil 4 weeks ago with the Minister: https://youtu.be/6FUExmazgO4 Dáil Éireann debate …