Mary condemns Israel’s approval of a law to ban UNRWA. UNRWA provides essential support and relief for Palestinians. A ban on its work would have devastating consequences for Palestinian refugees.
Earlier this year, Ireland committed a additional €20million to UNRWA. Ireland will continue to work with donor and host countries to ensure the viability of UNRWA’s work and its humanitarian role
Government is advancing an apartment defects remidiation scheme by working with stakeholders to develop a streamlined process for handling these costs. The pilot process aims to create a practical and transparent model for the wider rollout of the scheme to fund essential apartment remediation works. Minister Darragh O’Brien will present findings
A new permanent school building for An Cosán Community Special School is to be included in the state’s largest ever multi-school campus at Whitehall. The Special School is currently operating from an interim location at Grangegorman but will be given a new home on the multi-school campus beside Clonturk Community College, Ellenfield Community College and Gaelscoil Áine at Whitehall. This
In the Seanad Mary led support for a further €1.25bn in funding for the Land Development Agency to enable it accelerate the delivery of thousands of new affordable homes across Ireland. The Agency now has a pipeline of over 18,000 homes, and this level of investment means they can expand
Great progress is being made at O’Devaney Gardens where 1,000 new social and affordable homes are under construction. Phase 2 is well and truly out of the ground with more than 300 workers on-site, many of them local employees. The new O’Devaney will provide much needed homes, creche, shops and
