I recently asked Dublin City Council to outline what action it had undertaken to deal with the road flooding problem that occurs at the junction of the Navan Road and Kinvara Avenue almost every time we get a shower of rain. It happens right beside a very busy pedestrian crossing point and this location is very dangerous when it freezes over during frosty conditions. In reply, Dublin City Council stated, “the gullies at this location were cleaned on 3rd December. One requires to be pressured cleaned which will be carried out in the next week or so”. I hope this improves the situation but please let me know if the problem re-occurs. Mary
Protection of Retail Workers Bill
In April 2025 Mary introduced the Protection of Retail Workers Act 2025, a Bill aimed at amending the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to create specific offences for assaulting, threatening, harassing, or abusing retail workers while they are carrying out their employment. Retail workers across Ireland are on the
