Denis Naughten has called on Government to ensure all frontline workers who contracted Covid through their employment, and who were subsequently forced out of work due to long Covid symptoms, are able to avail of supports until they are fit to return to work. “At present, 120 frontline healthcare workers with long Covid are availing of a special leave …
Decade long transport lockdown for people with a disability – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten will tell the Dáil next week that people with a disability have effectively been coping with a decade long lockdown because of the failure to put transport supports in place to allow them to access work and other community activities. “Ten years ago the Government suspended the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant for new applicants …
Naughten welcomes grant of €50,000 for empty homes
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the announcement that families can now apply for a grant of €50,000 to refurbish a home that has been vacant for two years, with an additional top-up grant available if the property is derelict. The details of the revised grant scheme will be published by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien TD after this week’s Cabinet …
Rent a room relief extended to those on welfare – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has welcomed the extension of the “rent a room” relief to people in receipt of Social Welfare who wish to rent out a spare room in their home. For the next two years a person renting a room in their home to a person who is not an employee, or an immediate family member, will have up …
Lack of joined up thinking is a barrier to nursing home residents renting out their home
Every year up to 4,500 people leave behind an empty home when they enter long-term nursing home care. Yet despite the unprecedented demand for rental accommodation just 400 of these homes are leased out. There is something wrong when so few of these homes are leased out, particularly when the State places a financial charge against the value of …
We need real action to address housing crisis
My Regional Independent colleagues and I met last night and put the following eight asks to Government on the housing issue taht would make a real difference to the current crisis. My position on the Private Members vote on housing tomorrow evening and the proposed no confidence vote will be dependent on the Government’s response. The objective behind our eight …
Naughten tells Dáil children’s services are “in crisis” across the country
Local TD Denis Naughten has told the Dáil that children’s services throughout the country “are in crisis” and called on the Taoiseach to use the new unit established in his department to focus on improving children’s well-being to prioritise access to such services. “When the Taoiseach resumed his current role in December, he announced that a unit would be set …
Naughten tells Dáil children’s services are “in crisis” across the country
Local TD Denis Naughten has told the Dáil that children’s services throughout the country “are in crisis” and called on the Taoiseach to use the new unit established in his department to focus on improving children’s well-being to prioritise access to such services. “When the Taoiseach resumed his current role in December, he announced that a unit would be …
€3m allocated for walking and cycling infrastructure in County Galway – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the allocation of €3m for walking and cycling infrastructure in County Galway by the National Transport Authority. This includes funding for a number of schemes in rural towns and villages and in the town of Ballinasloe. As part of the allocation the Safe Routes to School programme will continue to provide for safer cycling …
UP TO €80,000 available to refurbish a vacant house
Working with Minister Darragh O’Brien TD, I have been able to secure a grant of grant of up to €30,000 to refurbish a vacant property, with a maximum top-up grant amount of up to €20,000 for a derelict property. In addition, these properties may also be eligible for energy retrofitting grants of some €30,000. And the application form for the …