Denis Naughten has urged families to use some of the time in Covid-19 isolation to shop around for the best offers available for electricity, phone, broadband, TV and gas — which could save them up to €1,000 per year. “Shopping around and switching provider could not be easier with approved comparison sites such as switcher.ie or bonkers.ie. Not only will …
Undue hardship being placed on children in pensioner families – Naughten
Children in families where a parent or guardian is over 66 and, as result of their age, is being denied the €350 Covid-19 payment are facing unnecessary levels of financial hardship purely because of the parent’s age, Denis Naughten TD has stated. “I have come across several cases where parents over 66-years-old have been working – some full-time – to …
Covid 19 help for tenants and landlords
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Post vans must be used to deliver food & medicine to older people – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has asked An Post to use its mail network across the country to ensure older people have access to food, medicines, newspapers etc without having to leave their homes. “Through my work as Minister for Communications I was able to protect the 5-day delivery service to every home in Ireland and this service must now be used …
Flood assistance schemes must be immediately activated – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has called on the Government to immediately activate financial assistance schemes for farmers, families and businesses impacted upon by the serious flooding within the Shannon basin. “While work is ongoing at present to protect as many homes and businesses as possible, in the case of the farming community they were forced to take stock off land last …
Drivers must not have to make two visits for NCT cert – Naughten
Full refund must be made to all motorists recalled The Road Safety Authority must not put drivers to the expense of having to make two visits to NCT centres with two sets of preparations for the test, says Denis Naughten. “The current proposal that drivers would have two make two trips to get an NCT cert is contrary to …
Childcare staff need to be paid properly
We need to pay childcare staff properly without pushing up fees for parents. I believe a solution needs to be found that will ensure childcare staff are paid a living wage without pushing up fees for parents. This is a sector that is experiencing real difficulties. We saw what happened in December when providers faced a hike in insurance premiums …
Naughten welcomes funding for Convent grounds in Roscommon Town
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the allocation of €136,484 to begin the process of redeveloping the Convent grounds in Roscommon Town. This is an ambitious project spearheaded by Roscommon County Council in cooperation with the trustees of the sports complex and grounds which will see the redevelopment of lands to facilitate many sporting organisations throughout County Roscommon. “While we …
€7m to address Shannon bottlenecks – Naughten
Investment to improve flow of Shanon River will help address scale of local flooding Local TD Denis Naughten has been informed by Minister Boxer Moran that an additional €7m has been allocated by Government to address a number of serious pinch points on the River Shannon. This will have a direct impact on the flow of the River and …
Minister Zappone approves funding to assist with childcare insurance costs
In recognition of a difficult year for childcare providers Minister Zappone has informed me that she has now approved a once off Programme Support payment which will be made available in the coming days averaging €1,500 per provider. This funding is in response to the sharp rise in insurance costs. I’ve recently received a number of representations regarding …