News Archives for October, 2007
31 October, 2007
Dublin South Central Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on Health Minister Mary Harney spell out exactly what her plans are for Crumlin Children's Hospital after the HSE published a progress report on the new National Paediatric Hospital which is to replace Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street Children's Hospitals. Read full article
31 October, 2007
Speaking from the Dáil this evening Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said he fully supports the right of same sex couples to marry and found a family, including by adoption. Deputy Ó Snodaigh also affirmed the party's support the the right of unmarried and same sex couples to enter into civil partnerships. Read full article
31 October, 2007
Speaking ahead of a Debate on a Labour Party Bill which calls for clear guidelines for witness protection programmes Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said Sinn Féin would have no problem with the Bill itself but stressed that The Labour Party are being very naïve if they believe a witness protection programme is the key to tackling serious crime. Read full article
30 October, 2007
Speaking today Clondalkin Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O' Connor this morning called on the Minister of State Brendan Smith for Children to immediately suspend the introduction of the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme. Read full article
27 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's Cllr. Daithí Doolan, chair of Dublin City Council's Planning Committee, has today called for an immediate moratorium on apartment building in Dublin. He was responding to the publication of a report by Dublin City Council into apartment living in Dublin. Read full article
25 October, 2007
Clondalkin Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O'Connor has welcomed the comments by the Head of the Irish Hospice Foundation regarding their proposal to lobby the Government for legislation that will force employers to grant bereavement leave to workers. Read full article
25 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said Sinn Féin has identified a gap in the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007. Speaking in the Dáil today Deputy Ó Snodaigh welcomed the publishing of the Bill but said while it makes it an offence to traffic children or adults for the purposes of labour exploitation, sexual exploitation organ theft, there are however, in the case of children, other motives for trafficking which the Bill does not cover. Read full article
25 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's Cllr. Daithí Doolan, chair of Dublin City Council's Planning Committee, has today welcomed the publication of a Dublin City Council report, "that is damning of Apartment Management Companies." Read full article
25 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP and National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald has strongly rejected far right French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen's offer to come to Ireland to support the No Vote on the forthcoming EU Reform Treaty Campaign. Read full article
25 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has congratulated Gardaí on the seizure of €750,000 worth of heroin in Coolock last night. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said while all drug seizures are welcome they are a mere drop in the ocean when compared to the amount of drugs entering the state and repeated his call for a doubling of resources for Garda Drugs Squads. Read full article
24 October, 2007
Responding to the latest official crime figures which show a 50% increase in murders in the last three months Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said Justice Minister Brian Lenihan must implement Sinn Féin's proposal to free up approximately 4,000 fully trained Gardaí from administrative duties and re-deploy them into the fight against crime. Read full article
24 October, 2007
Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to seek a cast iron commitment from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that he does not intend to impose an E-Border on the Irish people. Speaking today, after it was announced that the British Government is to end electronic border controls, Ms. McDonald said vague assumptions from Bertie Ahern are not enough to ease concerns about the border between the Six Counties and the Twenty-Six Counties. Read full article
24 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Environment Spokesperson, Cllr. Daithi Doolan has challenged Minister for Environment John Gormley, "to come clean on his plans for incineration here in Dublin following the Taoiseach's claim that the Government plan for more that just the 2 Minister Gormley originally claimed." Read full article
23 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's all-Ireland team has been working together on the issue of Climate Change in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Both Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald and northern MEP Bairbre de Brún voted together in the parliament's influential Climate Change Committee to toughen the EU's position on climate change in upcoming negotiations. Read full article
23 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has welcomed the pledge from Justice Minister Brian Lenihan that the Criminal Assets Bureau is to work more closely with Gardaí in order to target all levels of drug dealers. However Deputy Ó Snodaigh said Minister Lenihan must back up his pledge with actions. Read full article
23 October, 2007
Speaking today at Dublin's 'Transport & Climate Change Conference', Sinn Féin's Dublin Environment Spokesperson, Cllr. Daithí Doolan has challenged Dublin's local Authorities, "to radically rethink planning & transport in order to cut our carbon emissions." Read full article
22 October, 2007
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O'Connor has today called for clearer road signage and a much improved road markings leading into and out of Clondalkin Vallage from the N7. Commenting today Councillor O'Connor said "I have been inundated with complaints from constituents about the lack of visibility when one is coming of and onto the M50. There is a clear need for the contractors to do much more on the roads before a serious accident occurs" Read full article
22 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has condemned the latest gun murder of a man in Finglas last night and said this latest act of gang violence reinforces Sinn Féin's demand that the tackling of serious drug and gun crime be prioritised by the Department of Justice. Read full article
22 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has this morning welcomed the news that Pharmacists intend to resume dispensing methadone following an agreement between the HSE and Irish Pharmacists Union (IPU) to re-enter negotiations on community pharmacy services dispensing fees. Read full article
19 October, 2007
Speaking ahead of a meeting of the South Central Area Joint Policing Committee today Sinn Féin Cllr. Críona Ní Dhalaigh said she will be calling for the roll out of a Street Warden Service for the Merchant Quay area on a pilot basis. Cllr. Ní Dhalaigh said the idea of the street warden service is to create a sense of greater safety and security in the area through focused patrolling. Read full article
18 October, 2007
Clondalkin Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O'Connor has said that the Government is presiding over the collapse of services to public patients in the health system. Read full article
18 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Equality and Human Rights Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has cautioned against some of the measures in the Passport Bill 2007 including the proposal to use biometric data which Deputy Ó Snodaigh said automatically raises human rights concerns, particularly in relation to the right to privacy. Deputy Ó Snodaigh welcomed measures to prioritise the 'child's best interest' and measures to allow transgender persons to change their gender on their passport. Read full article
18 October, 2007
This weekend republicans/Irish language activists and Gaelgeoirí from all over Ireland will gather to celebrate and discuss the success of the Irish language renaissance and the recon quest of natural resources. Read full article
17 October, 2007
Speaking from Lisbon today ahead of this week EU Inter Governmental Conference to agree the content of the proposed Reform Treaty Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has demanded that the Toaiseach use his position as an EU Head of State to ensure the best interests of the Irish people are secured. Read full article
17 October, 2007
Speaking today at the National Forum on the Future of Europe, Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on European Affairs Cllr. Daithi Doolan has challenged the EU Ambassador, John Bruton, "to use today's debate to address the serious democratic deficit in the EU Reform Treaty." Read full article
16 October, 2007
Speaking in the Dáil this evening, having secured a debate on the methadone crisis, Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD demanded that Health Minister Mary Harney ensure that the HSE commits to engaging in a process of dialogue with the IPU to resolve the crisis. Read full article
16 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has backed a Private Members Motion in the Dáil this evening which demands mandatory alcohol testing for all drivers involved in accidents. Speaking in the Dáil this evening Deputy Ó Snodaigh said all drivers involved in accidents should not only be tested for alcohol but also for drugs. Read full article
16 October, 2007
Speaking during these evenings Dáil debate on the EU Reform Treaty Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said that despite some slight textual changes the substance of the draft Treaty text so far remains the same as it's much maligned predecessor the EU Constitution. Read full article
16 October, 2007
Speaking at the launch of a Sinn Féin document on 'Creating Safer Communities' today Dublin City Councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh said communities should not be expected to put up with blatant drug dealing on their doorsteps. Read full article
16 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking at the launch of his party's proposals for 'Creating Safer Communities', has said statutory agencies, local councils, the Gardaí and the communities themselves including private landlords each have a role to play in creating safe communities. Read full article
15 October, 2007
Speaking from Leinster House today Sinn Féin TD and Community safety Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on Health Minister Mary Harney to immediately intervene in the pharmacy services crisis. Read full article
15 October, 2007
Dún Laoghaire Sinn Féin has launched a petition campaign to secure the demolition of Mounttown Flats, Monkstown. 230 residents from Fitzgerald Park, Meadowlands, Oliver Plunket Road and St Patricks Crescent have signed the petition. The flats have been empty for several years, are a magnet for anti social behavior and constitute a real environmental and health risk to the local community. Read full article
12 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan today congratulated residents in Dublin's inner city who pledged to reclaim a local park from those involved in drug dealing and anti social behavior. Read full article
12 October, 2007
Deputy Ó Snodaigh is available to the media today for comment. Enquires contact Sinéad Ni Bhroin @ 087 9266764 or 01 6184276. Read full article
11 October, 2007
Following this evenings breakdown of informal talks between the HSE and Irish Pharmacist Union (IPU) and confirmation that pharmacists are to withdraw dispensing methadone as from Monday Sinn Féin Dublin TD and Community Safety Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said the fall out from this action cannot be under estimated. Read full article
11 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin TD and Community Safety Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has welcomed today's informal talks between the HSE and Irish Pharmacists Union (IPU) to discuss the ongoing dispute over the HSE's proposed claw back scheme which will reduce payments to pharmacies dispensing scripts to GMS patients. Read full article
11 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has slammed the extent of the Garda operation at Bellanaboy County Mayo after it was revealed that €8.1million has been spent to date on Garda resources to police demonstrations against the Shell Gas pipeline. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said these valuable Garda resources would be better deployed in the fight against crime. Read full article
11 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has questioned the motivation behind EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy's comments yesterday that Ireland would be left in the cold if it did not ratify the forthcoming EU Reform Treaty. Read full article
11 October, 2007
The Cuban Ambassador is available to the media throughout the day today. Read full article
10 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on the Government to drop its plan to build a super-prison at Thornton Hall. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was speaking in the Dáil today after a report from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture expressed concern about increasing levels of prisoner violence fuelled by the widespread availability of illegal drugs and the existence of a gang culture. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Speaking today Shane O' Connor said:
"The new treaty will add to powers of the Brussels institutions, which already make the majority of our laws while reducing the powers of national states and their citizens. In making those laws, the new treaty will increase the voting weight of the bigger states and reduce that of the smaller states. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Sinn Féin International Affairs Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has outlined Sinn Féin's opposition to Ireland's involvement in EU Battle Groups. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was speaking in the Dáil this evening on a motion proposing the Defence Forces participation in the EU military operation in the Republic of Chad and the Central African Republic. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson has described as ridiculous a proposal from Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan to use the Defence Forces in the fight against crime. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said Justice Minister Brian Lenihan was wrong to have considered the proposal in the Dáil today. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has condemned the atest gun murder of a man in Limerick yesterday evening and has once again called on Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to initiate a robust programme of civilianisation of administrative Garda tasks and re-deploy fully trained Gardaí into the fight against crime. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Clondalkin Sinn Féin have again expressed concern at the sale and use of illegal fireworks. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Over 1,000 people with disabilities are gathering today outside the European Commission building in Brussels to present the 1 million signatures which were collected from all over Europe for disability rights. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will receive the petition. Read full article
9 October, 2007
Mary Lou Mc Donald has been shortlisted for the 'MEP of The Year Awards' being held tonight in the Brussels Renaissance Hotel. The category that Ms McDonald has been selected for is Employment and Workers' Rights. This is the first time an Irish MEP has been shortlisted for the award. Read full article
8 October, 2007
Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on Health Minister Mary Harney to ensure that Pieta House, which offers a unique one-to-one counselling service to anyone at risk from suicide or self harm in Lucan in the Minister's constituency, receives the funding required to remain open this year. Read full article
8 October, 2007
Following requests from parents, Sinn Féín Councillor Shane O'Connor has called on local TDs Minister Harney and Curran for an update on the status of the promised Irish Speaking Campus for Clondalkin. Read full article
8 October, 2007
Local Clondalkin Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O'Connor has criticised the greediness of the clamping company who clamped cars in the Monastery Shopping Centre in Clondalkin Village on Sunday morning 7th October. Speaking Shane said he was amazed at this clamping operation, while the Car Park was almost empty on the Sunday morning, or that there were likely some sensible drivers who may have been out on the Saturday night and had the good sense not to take their car home with them who have now been clamped for their good road behaviour. Read full article
8 October, 2007
Sinn Fein Dublin TD and spokesperson on Community Safety Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on the cabinet sub-committee, meeting today to discuss a possible Irish opt out from the judicial and police provisions of the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty, to base their decision on the best interests of the Irish people. Read full article
8 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD called on Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to free up approximately 4,000 Gardaí from administrative duties and re-deploy them into the fight against crime. Speaking today Deputy Ó Snodaigh welcomed the announcement that Gardaí 'may' be given extra resources to fight serious crime but said what is actually needed is a robust civilianisation of the Gardaí. Read full article
6 October, 2007
Today Saturday 6th Oct Local Sinn Féin activists took part in their monthly picket at the Minister of Health Offices in Clondalkin, Dublin. Read full article
6 October, 2007
Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on Dublin people to join in and show support for the demonstration taking place in the city today in support of the Burma protesters. Ms. McDonald has pledged Sinn Féin's support for Burma Action Ireland who are organising today's vigil. Read full article
6 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has condemned the killing of two people in the Walkinstown area of Dublin last night. Deputy Ó Snodaigh called for the immediate implementation of Sinn Féin's proposals for civilianisation of the Gardaí to free up Gardaí from administrative tasks and redeploy them into the fight against crime. Read full article
5 October, 2007
South Dublin Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey, speaking as work has been halted on the excavation of 90,000 tonnes of waste at Ballyogan landfill, said work must not be allowed to resume until such time as a chemical analysis and a risk assessment are carried out. Work has been halted at the site due to the discovery of hospital waste. Read full article
5 October, 2007
To mark Ché Guevara's 40th anniversary Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald will make a presentation to Cuban Ambassador Noel Carrillo on behalf of the party in the Rotunda of Dublin City Hall on Monday October 8th. Read full article
4 October, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called for the provision of a fully integrated shuttle bus service to serve Dublin 15 train stations. Cllr. Gallagher made the call at a meeting of the Council's Transportation Policy Committee to representatives of Iarnród Éireann and the Transportation manager. Read full article
4 October, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called on Fingal County Council to introduce a special mobile refuse collection in the build-up to Halloween. Gallagher believes it would be both more environmentally-friendly and cost-effect to collect toxic and non-flammable materials before they end up on bonfires. Read full article
4 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD welcomed a number of the new measures to tackle crime announced by Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy today. However Deputy Ó Snodaigh said he is disappointed that today's package gives little priority to community policing. Read full article
3 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking during Statements on Tackling Crime in the Dáil today, said to effectively tackle gangland we must tackle drugs from every angle. Deputy Ó Snodaigh, who this morning met the Garda Inspectorate to discuss Garda priorities, said the Government must give the same urgency to tackling crime as they did when the threat of foot and mouth loomed. Read full article
3 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has this morning met with the Garda Inspectorate to discuss some of the issues arising from the recommendations in the Inspectorate's latest report and Sinn Féin's own proposals for Garda priorities in the coming year including possible timeframes for their implementation. Read full article
2 October, 2007
Dublin Sinn Féin Councillor Larry O'Toole has called on Dublin City Council to call in the Taxi Regulator and Unions to meet with the Transport Committee to discuss the growing problem of people refusing to use taxis with black drivers. Councillor O'Toole made the call after witnessing an incident first hand and after hearing of similar cases throughout the city. Read full article
2 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has announced that the 1million4disability campaign has successfully collected 1 million signatures to put pressure on the European Commission and individual
states to deliver disability rights in all aspects of life. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said Sinn Féin had taken up the gauntlet with signature drives throughout the Thirty-Two Counties as the deadline for the collection of signatures was fast approaching with Ireland falling 4,000 short. Read full article
2 October, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD is to meet the Garda Inspectorate tomorrow as part of Sinn Féin's efforts to ensure that serious gun and drug crime become fully resourced top priorities for the Gardaí and Government in the coming year. At the meeting a range of issues will be discussed including issues arising from the recommendations in the Inspectorate's latest report and Sinn Féin's own proposals for Garda priorities in the coming year including possible timeframes for their implementation. Read full article
2 October, 2007
Following the seizure of €2million of heroin in Clondalkin yesterday and a decision by the HSE to introduce a 'claw back' scheme later this year, resulting in pharmacies ceasing to dispense methadone, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin and party spokesperson on community safety Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called for an emergency debate in the Dáil today and described the move by Minister Harney as "sinister and not remotely in the interest of the public." Read full article
1 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's Cllr. Daithí Doolan, chair of the Planning SPC has recommended that Sean Dunne's Ballsbridge development should be scrapped and redesigned. Read full article
1 October, 2007
Sinn Féin's Cllr. Daithí Doolan, chair of the Environment and Planning SPC has called for a full and open debate on high-rise in Dublin. Read full article
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