News Archives for July, 2008
31 July, 2008
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has revealed that proposed Primary Healthcare Centres for Corduff and Mulhuddart will not now proceed as planned and the €18m allocated for them is no longer available. Read full article
31 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD will announce details of a renewed Sinn Féin campaign on Community Safety this morning. The campaign will help to inform Sinn Féin's submission to the Garda Policing Plan for 2009. Deputy Ó Snodaigh will address the media at the gates of Leinster House at 10am this morning. Read full article
30 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said the quarterly crime statistics published today show a significant increase in drug crime and armed crime in addition to continuing unacceptable levels of other crimes such as criminal damage and public order offences. Read full article
22 July, 2008
Responding to the shooting of a man in his constituency this morning Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD called for higher Garda visibility, on foot and on bicycles, in areas where drug and gun crime levels are high. Deputy Ó Snodaigh expressed concern at the high levels of shootings and an increase in the use of pipe bombs. Read full article
15 July, 2008
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has described comments attributed to President Sarkozy that "The Irish will have to vote again" as deeply insulting to the people of Ireland. Read full article
14 July, 2008
Speaking today as Ireland appeared before the United Nations Human
Rights Committee to be assessed on its compliance with the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Sinn Féin Spokesperson on
Justice, Equality and Human Rights Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said one of
Ireland's breaches of the ICCPR contributed to the riot which took place
in Mountjoy Prison over the weekend. Read full article
14 July, 2008
Sinn Féin has sought a meeting with President Sarkozy on his visit to
Ireland Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald today confirmed that the party
had met with the French Ambassador to Ireland Mr. Yvon Roe d'Albert and
requested a meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy when he visits Dublin
next Monday. She said that "Sinn Féin wishes to set out the main reasons
behind the Irish peoples' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty and the need
for these issues to be addressed properly in a new Treaty and not
brushed under the carpet." Read full article
10 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has this afternoon slammed comments by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the European Parliament that there can be no new Treaty negotiations following the Irish rejection of Lisbon. Read full article
10 July, 2008
Speaking during today's Dáil debate on the economy Sinn Féin Dublin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh criticised the government for withdrawing €45 million from the overseas development aid budget, sought detailed data on how the 3% salary cuts will affect garda resources and operations tackling serious drug and gun crime. The Deputy also emphasised the need for investment in
critical infrastructure such as urban regeneration projects in Dublin and Limerick to be protected. Read full article
9 July, 2008
Glencullen/Sandyford Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey has called on Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe to announce when building can commence on a permanent school building for Holy Trinity National School at The Gallops, Leopardstown. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Dublin City Council last night unanimously backed an emergency motion by Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan calling on the Minister for the Environment to make public the findings of the enquiry into the €35.6m
over run in the Water Treatment Plant in Ringsend. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Speaking in the Dáil this evening on a Private Members Motion on the provision of Social Housing Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD criticised the use of Public Private Partnerships to develop social housing called said the current regeneration debacle is a result of the Government's privatisation policy. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Speaking in the Dáil today Dublin South Central Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh called for cutbacks at Crumlim Children's Hospital to be reversed. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said there is serious concern in the area that children's lives are being put at risk as a result of the latest cutback which involves closing down a ward which caters for Cystic Fibrosis patients at weekends. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has welcomed the seizure of €4million worth of heroin in Dublin last night. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said heroin dealers need to remain a top target for Garda Drug Squads and funding for addiction services must not be cut in today's cutbacks. Read full article
7 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh, speaking today in response to figures which show a record amount of heroin addicts seeking treatment, said a cut of 1% of funding for addiction services in the Dublin/Mid Leinster HSE area must be reversed. Read full article
3 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking at a meeting of the Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement Committee in Leinster House this morning, said the continued use of emergency legislation by the Irish Government is in breach of its commitments under the Good Friday Agreement. Read full article
2 July, 2008
Speaking in Tallaght today Sinn Fein's Dublin South-West Representative Seán Crowe called for immediate action to alleviate the overcrowding in the A&E department in Tallaght General Hospital. Read full article
2 July, 2008
Responding the ruling at the European Court of Human Rights against the British State for invasion of privacy both here and in Britain Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD called for an apology from the British government and for a legally enforceable confirmation that the blanket interception of communications between the citizens of Ireland and Britain is at an end. Read full article
2 July, 2008
Speaking in Dublin today Sinn Féin Councillor Christy Burke welcomed the news that the government Minister for Housing, Michael Finneran, will meet with the group leaders of the political groups on Dublin City Council within 7-10 days to discuss the collapse of the regeneration schemes in Dublin. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice and Equality Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has welcomed an amendment to the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 which removes the age limit for participations on a jury. However, speaking in the Dáil today, Deputy Ó Snodaigh there is a need to remove other discriminatory barriers also. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Fein's Dublin spokesperson on the Environment & Local Government, Councillor Daithí Doolan, has reacted angrily to reports that the Water Treatment Plant in Ringsend has been treating nearly 20% more effluent than it is supposed to. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice and Equality Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking at a meeting of the Oireachtas EU Scrutiny Committee, expressed concerns at proposals to collect, retain for 13 years and share with other countries, personal details of all people flying in and out of the EU. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Fein Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald this morning took part in a joint press conference with senior French politicians including Jean Luc Melenchon French Socialist Senator, and President of Pour la
Republique Sociale (PRS), PS member of the Assemblee National Marc Dolez, and Marie-Georges Buffet, General Secretary of the PCF. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Fein's Dublin spokesperson on the Environment Councillor Daithí Doolan welcomed Minister Gormley's decision to hold an Independent Enquiry into Dublin City Council's water treatment plant in Ringsend. But Cllr. Doolan pointed out that this should be a public enquiry considering the fact that there is an estimated cost of €36million surrounding the issue at the moment. Read full article
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