This week, I published the Birth Information and Tracing Bill, which will, for the first time, provide a statutory right to every adopted person in Ireland, and those now living abroad, to full and complete information about their birth, their …
€80,000 in Disability Participation funding for the Not So Different Creative Ability Training Academy in Blanchardstown
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Dublin West TD, Roderic O’Gorman has welcomed the announcement that €80,000 in funding will go towards the establishment of a permanent Creative Ability Training Academy in Blanchardstown Library.
The project has …
Roderic O’Gorman TD and Cllr Pamela Conroy welcome Ireland’s first inclusive We-Go-Swing® to Millennium Park Playground
Dublin West TD and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman and Green Party councillor for Castleknock & Blanchardstown Pamela Conroy have welcomed the introduction of an inclusive We-Go-Swing® at Millennium Park Playground. The new addition is …
Major reform of funding for early learning and childcare
This December, we announced major reforms to the way we fund early learning and childcare in Ireland.
We are setting out a roadmap for transformational change in the early learning and childcare sector, change that will benefit parents, providers, professionals …
New landmark scheme to regularise long-term undocumented migrants
I was delighted to announce a new scheme, along with Minister McEntee and Minister of State Browne, to regularise the status of undocumented people living in Ireland.
The scheme will be available for undocumented migrants who have been living in …
Greater Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy 2022-2042 public consultation
Last week the National Transport Authority (NTA) commenced a second round of public consultation on the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) Draft Transport Strategy 2022-2042. The Strategy sets out the framework for investment in transport infrastructure and services over the next …
Climate Action Plan
Last week, the Government published our Climate Action Plan 2021 – an important milestone for our country and for our planet.
This Plan is the roadmap for achieving our ambitions to halve our greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach …
St. Patrick’s NS
Good news for St. Patricks’s National School in Diswellstown!
The Department of Education has confirmed that Agreement in Principle has been reached to acquire an additional 1-acre plot of land adjoining the school.
This is something that the school have …