Cavan County Council to highlight local issues when they attend Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and Gaeltacht tomorrow Fianna Fáil Deputy Niamh Smyth has confirmed that representatives from Cavan County Council will attend today’s Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and Gaeltacht Committee meeting to discuss local issues affecting councils on the ground. […]
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Cavan and Monaghan need increased IDA Investment – Smyth
Cavan and Monaghan has 0.7% of IDA jobs yet has 2.9% of the state’s population – Fianna Fáil TD, Niamh Smyth has called on the Minister for Jobs and Enterprise, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD to redouble her efforts to attract new investment to Cavan Monaghan, and in particular to find a new tenant for the […]
Smyth welcomes CCPC investigation into motor insurance industry
Anti-competitive practices to be reviewed – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth has welcomed the decision by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to launch an investigation into anti-competitive practices in the motor insurance sector. Deputy Smyth says, “Over the last 18 months, Fianna Fáil has been consistent in highlighting this. Fianna Fáil used […]
Govt failing post office network – Smyth
Rural communities losing out because of Govt inaction – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth has hit out at the Government for failing to protect the Post Office network. Over the past five years, the Fine Gael and Labour Government sat on its hands, while services in rural Post Offices were being reduced. After […]
Smyth asks Minister to consider Bose Facility in Carrickmacross for eBay jobs
Fianna Fáil Deputy Niamh Smyth has supported colleagues in their call for the Bose Facility in Carrickmacross to be considered as a home for eBay which are moving from their site in Dundalk next year. Deputy Smyth” I have spoken with my colleagues in South Monaghan on this issue and I have written to the […]
Residents in Estates in Cavan & Monaghan left in limbo due to abandoned developments – Smyth
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth says she is concerned at the number of private estates left abandoned in this region by developers. “I have been approached by numerous residents from estates throughout my constituency who have been left high and dry due to abandoned developments. Residents have been left with inadequate […]
Govt must work with teachers to avoid school closure chaos – Smyth
– Schools across Cavan and Monaghan facing major disruption after ASTI decision to ballot – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth has called on the Education Minister and senior ASTI officials to come together to prevent the closure of schools across the county following the decision by the union to ballot its members on […]
Teachers in Cavan and Monaghan being left in an unacceptable position due to delays in Garda Vetting
Delays in Garda Vetting causes chaos for teachers and schools in Cavan and Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth says teachers are being left in a ridiculous situation, where they’ve returned to school but cannot teach. Deputy Smyth commented, “I have received a large volume of calls, texts, emails and messages […]
Deputy Smyth launches “Into the West” Campaign to help people cut off from Cavan/Monaghan Constituency
Fianna Fáil Deputy Niamh Smyth says she is determined to Reunite County Cavan! Deputy Smyth commented, “I have arranged a campaign day in various towns throughout West Cavan on Monday the 12th of September. I hope members of the community concerned about the Boundary Commission’s decision to disenfranchise thousands of people in West Cavan will […]
Smyth welcomes deferral of closure of fish farms – “it’s progress”
Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth has welcomed the news that the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has agreed to defer its proposal to close fish hatcheries in Ireland. Deputy Smyth said, “In my previous statement on this issue following my meeting with local anglers from Cavan, Monaghan and across the border, I raised how […]