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21 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, and the Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, that the Government is to provide fathers with two weeks of paid paternity leave. “The Paternity Bill will be formally published... Read More
14 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Billy Kelleher says the Minister for Social Protection must take urgent action to tackle lengthy waiting times for Carers who have applied to the Department for certain Carers payments. He made the call during National Carers Week. Deputy Kelleher commented, “Carers... Read More
13 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Simon Coveney (Cork T.D)., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (13 June, 2016) announced funding of €16.409m over the coming three years to 70 national community and voluntary organisations. The funding is under a new round of the Scheme to Support National Organisations in the... Read More
9 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Deputy Jonathan O’Brien today condemned the actions of the State Examinations Commission for delaying decisions concerning a student’s appeal for reasonable accommodation during the Leaving Cert. Deputy Jonathan O’Brien, the former Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson said; “Every year I have been... Read More
9 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has called on the Agriculture Minister (Cork TD Michael Creed of Fine Gael) to intervene to speed up the TAMS application process. Since the introduction of the scheme last year, more than 5,000 applications have been lodged but... Read More