North West TD says rural Ireland needs three things to access full potential
A North West TD say rural Ireland need three things to take full advantage of our potential as a country. Sligo/Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry made the comments in the Dail this week in relation to the National Planning Framework saying that 30% of the country is not being fully utilised,…
Sligo/Leitrim TD questions funding for new government communications unit
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has hit out at the allocation of five million euro in the budget for a new government communications unit headed by Sligoman John Concannon. Mr Concannon, regarded as one of the country’s top marketing professionals, played a key role in projects such as the promotion of the…
TD claims reviews serve to achieve government’s desire to close Regional Vet Labs
A FF TD in the region says numerous reviews on the future of Regional Veterinary Labs around the country serve only to achieve the outcome the government wants – and that is to close them. Marc MacSharry claims that it’s clear the government wants to close facilities like the lab…
MacSharry calls for arrangement with speed company be examined by PAC
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling for the payments and contract of the company that operates speed vans on the country’s roads to be examined by the Public Accounts Committee. It’s emerged that Go Safe is paid €1.2m a month as well as a €45,000 retainer fee each month. There had…
MacSharry says it’s time for Garda commissioner to go
Sligo/Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, says its time for Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan to go. A report to be launched today will declare that she failed in her duty to raise concern about financial irregularities at the training college in Templemore. It also accuses…
Mortgage crisis: people and families should be priority, says MacSharry
A Sligo/Leitrim TD claims lenders have been given priority over people when it comes to dealing with the country’s mortgage crisis. Speaking in the Dail on the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Bill, which is going through the Dail at present, Deputy MacSharry said that during the financial crisis they constantly heard…
MacSharry: ‘Children in pain waiting two years to see a rheumatologist’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for the recruitment of more rheumatologists to deal with children suffering from ongoing conditions such as arthritis. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry told the Dail yesterday that children in pain are waiting for up to two years be seen by a rheumatologist. Six such consultants…