Mary’s Weekly Update
Below you will find a brief update on some of of Mary’s work over the past week: Began work to end SHD’s and to restore local democratic planning decision making. As a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Heritage & Local Government Mary commenced pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Large-Scale Residential Development Bill which will […]
Competitive Start Fund
Early-stage entrepreneurs are invited to apply for two Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Funds (CSFs) which are now open for applications. The two funds for ‘All Sectors’ and ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ amount to a combined total of €2m. Enterprise Ireland can approve a maximum of 40 investments of up to €50k in equity funding to successful projects. […]
Competitive Start Fund
Early-stage entrepreneurs are invited to apply for two Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Funds (CSFs) which are now open for applications. The two funds for ‘All Sectors’ and ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ amount to a combined total of €2m. Enterprise Ireland can approve a maximum of 40 investments of up to €50k in equity funding to successful projects. […]
Large Scale Residential Development Bill
As a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage Mary is undertaking pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large Scale Residential Development) Bill. The LSRD legislation will introduce a two stage, a maximum 32-week time limited planning process. One of the main aspects of […]
Mary’s Weekly Update
Below you will find a brief update on Mary’s work over the last week: Mary Attended meetings to put the finishing touches #HousingForAll and share the plan with Fianna Fáil PP and Housing committee Launch of €20billion plan to build 300,000 homes, eradicated homelessness, tackle vacancy and build secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable communities in #HousignForAll […]
Hammond Lane Court
Mary was delighted to receive an update from the Minister for Justice that construction of the new family court at Hammond Lane, Dublin 7 should commence in late 2023. The project is at the planning stage and is well advanced. The Courts Service has advised the Department that its highest priority at present is the […]
Housing for All
The Government has published their ambitious and radical plan to ensure all our Citizens have a secure and affordable home. Housing For All gives Local Authorities powers to increase supply of social and affordable housing, to use state owned lands to deliver housing, to reverse vacancy and dereliction, to eradicate homelessness and to support local […]
Special Classes Update
As schools reopen, 2,118 special classes will open their doors. This is an increase of 269 classes from the previous school year and will ensure that approximately 12,700 special class places will be available this year, including 1,600 new special class places. Since 2011, the number of special classes has increased by 386%. For a […]
Rutland Street School
Mary received positive news of an increase in funding to €16m for the Rutland Street School Renovation Project under the URDF program. The complete refurbishment of the Rutland Street School is deemed a priority initiative to transform the North East Inner City area and the Government is fully committed to delivery of this flagship project. […]
Passport Applications
Mary received a recent update from the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding passport applications. The processing times for valid online applications are as follows: 10 working days for simple adult renewals; 15 working days for complex renewals, including children, and 40 working days for all First Time Applications. First time applications for adults and […]