The dental clinic which operates from Roscommon Hospital is to move to a permanent new location in Roscommon Primary Care Centre, local TD Denis Naughten has confirmed. “I had been contacted by parents concerned that the service had been transferred temporarily out of the hospital as a result of Covid-19, which had meant some patients being treated in Galway,” stated …
Unfair that Leaving Cert students will get no support for November exam
After having their Leaving Cert exam deferred and then abandoned. After all the confusion with calculated grades and 6,000 student results upgraded due to coding errors. Even though students have not been in school since last March; the 2,820 students who opted to sit their Leaving Cert exam in November will get NO support from the Department of Education. Are …
Budget 2021 is a missed opportunity to create a new sustainable Irish economy – Naughten
Budget 2021 speech While Budget 2021 is looking to the combined challenges of Brexit, Covid and housing it fails to bring about structural change to our economy to make it more sustainable for all sectors of our economy, according to Denis Naughten TD. “While Budget 2021 talks about reforming motor tax and VRT and further sets out increases of carbon …
Ballinasloe Swimming Pool
This is an issue that I’m working very closely on with local Councillors Tim Broderick & Evelyn Parsons who are determined, as am I, to ensure that our local pool in Ballinasloe remains open to the public, subject of course to public health guidance. I know that the local Councillors have been engaging directly with Galway County Council on this …
Taoiseach must get therapists to treat children
This is the third week in a row that I’ve raised the scandal of Speech Therapists, OT’s, Physio’s etc continuing to do contact tracing calls instead of working with children. See my full contribution here and the Taoiseach’s response: And here is my solution to the current problem: Defence forces should return to contract tracing & allow therapists to return …
Naughten urges business to add click & collect service to keep festive shopping local
Denis Naughten TD, Chair of the Dáil Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development, and the Islands is encouraging local businesses to consider introducing a click and collect system using the Trading Online Voucher Scheme as the festive shopping season looms. “As Minister for Communications one of my main priorities was to ensure businesses availed of the Trading Online …
Defence forces should return to contract tracing & allow therapists to return to pre-Covid roles – Naughten
Defence forces staff should be transferred to contact tracing duties immediately to allow speech therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to return to providing essential frontline services for children across the Country, Denis Naughten TD told the Dáil this week. He pointed out that three-quarters of speech and language therapists in counties Roscommon and Galway are currently involved in contact tracing, …
Electricity bills to jump by an unjustifiable €54 from Thursday – Naughten
Cost of subsidy jumps by 140% but less renewable electricity generated Denis Naughten has described the fact that electricity bills will jump by €54 a year from Thursday to subsidise renewable electricity as “completely unjustifiable”. He has highlighted that despite the jump in cost there will be 44,000 less homes supplied with green energy. Under a decision taken during …
Post Offices must be the Government’s off-line gateway
While Government policy is to offer Government services online particularly now as a result of Covid 19, there will always be a segment of the population that are not comfortable or proficient accessing online tools or services. Due to its nationwide network and existing strong relationship with offline citizens, the Government took a decision in 2017 to develop the post …
National Competitiveness Council Report supports Regional TDs’ plan to get people out of cities – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has welcomed the publication of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) Report 2020, which dovetails in its recommendation with those put forward by the Regional Group of Independent TDs in their Pre-Budget Submission. “The core objective behind our Pre-Budget Plan is to get families, workers and students out of our cities, where housing and services are in huge …