Businesses cannot be held to ransom due to Government’s failure to allocate sufficient funding for local services. Fianna Fáil Deputy Niamh Smyth has called on the Government to review outdated commercial rates system affecting small businesses across the country in a “speedy fashion”. Commenting Deputy Niamh Smyth said, “At present local authorities are struggling to […]
Cavan
Éamon Ó’Cuív, Grandson of Éamon de Valera to officiate at one of the final 1916 events in the country in Cavan next week – Smyth
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth is delighted to announce that Éamon Ó’Cuív TD will officiate at one of the final 1916 events in the country in Cavan next week. Deputy Niamh Smyth said, “I’m delighted that my colleague and long standing TD, the grandson of Éamon de Valera, Éamon Ó’Cuív will […]
Smyth calls on HSE to utilise Lisdarn Unit better and ease bed capacity woes at Cavan General
HSE deny cuts to day care services at Lisdarn Unit Fianna Fáil Deputy for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth has called on the Minister for Health Simon Harris to better utilise the Lisdarn Unit for the Elderly in an effort to ease pressures at Cavan General Hospital, particularly as we approach the Christmas period. Deputy […]
Referrals increase by 156% as 540 children continue to wait on Occupational Therapy in Cavan and Monaghan – Smyth
· 180 children waiting over 18 months · Failure to fill vacant Occupational Therapy post Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth has appealed to the Minister for Health Simon Harris to examine why key positions cannot be filled by the HSE. It comes following a response to a Parliamentary Question by […]
Border farmers let down by Govt refusal to increase ANC payments – Smyth
– No provision in Budget 2017 for extra funding for agri scheme – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth says she’s deeply disappointed that the Government has failed to increase payments under the Areas of Natural Constraint programme as part of Budget 2017. Hundreds of farmers across Cavan and Monaghan are eligible for the […]
Farmers angered by Ministers mixed messages on slurry spreading – Smyth
– Govt Ministers make conflicting statements about exemptions – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth has called on Ministers Creed and Coveney to immediately clarify whether farmers can apply for an exemption to spread slurry past the 15th October deadline. The Taoiseach, the Agriculture Minister and the Housing Minister have made conflicting statements about […]
Nurses deserve equal pay for equal work – Smyth
Nursing Internship increments must be restored to pre-2011 levels – Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth says steps must be taken to ensure that nurses who qualified between 2011-2015 are placed on the same pay scale as their peers who are benefitted from higher increments. This group of nurses is being penalised as a […]
Smyth summons Minister Ross to Committee to address depleted road funding
Job creations, Road Network, Broadband, planning and key Infrastructure raised by Cavan County Council at Dáil Committee meeting this week – Collapse in basic roads funding highlighted as growing problem across various counties including Cavan Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan and Monaghan Niamh Smyth says a number of key issues for the region were brought […]
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 […]