Delighted to thank the amazing parent advocates from @D12Asdparentsu1 and Minister for Education @NormaFoleyTD1 for supporting the campaign to open Our Lady of Hope as a special school for children with autism! Really special day.Well done to everyone involved.
@mmcgrathtd "Giving a contribution to every household on energy bills while at the same time taking money from the energy companies that are making unjustified gains at this time, & then giving that back is, we believe, the most effective way of dealing with the issue."
@mmcgrathtd#FFTI22
"We've brought in about €1.3 billion of exceptional measures between February & July. That was of help to a lot of people.
The situation has deteriorated since. We do need to go further now in two weeks time & that's what we intend to do."
@mmcgrathtd on #Budget23 from #FFTI22
Chaired a discussion with @BillyKelleherEU and @ThomasByrneTD focussed on how EU can help relieve cost of living pressure on households in Ireland this winter
Really informative and fruitful morning in Brussels at the MEP MLA Roundtable event with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Excellent engagement from all participants
Alhamdulillah, delighted to be re-elected unopposed as Secretary of Fianna Fáil @DublinSCFF. Thanks to all the members for their support. Congratulations to the new officer's board 🙏
Today is 100 years since Arthur Griffith’s death.
At times,it feels the discussions we have about the revolutionary generation are rooted in textbooks,but considering the reality of what Griffith undertook,we can only respect his contribution to our independent & democratic state
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@votemaryfitz @CormacDevlin
Absolutely delighted to see @AsdAssumption and @CbsCastle successful in their DEIS appeal and awarded Deis Band 2 Status by the Department of Education @NormaFoleyTD1 👏👏👏👏👏
Inaugural meeting of the Oireachtas Autism Committee. Clear there is a huge body of work to be done to ensure our children get the education they deserve. Welcome cabinet legislation today. We need to be ambitious for our children. Thank you to @D12Asdparentsu1@involve_d6_d6w
Earlier in the Seanad I raised the @OCO_ireland ‘s report about inadequate school provision for children with additional needs. Not good enough @involve_d6_d6w@D12Asdparentsu1
Delighted to support Erica Tierney and the @IrishCancerSoc#leaveourleave campaign to urge the minister to amend legislation to allow women undergoing cancer treatment to postpone their maternity leave until ready x x x 🙌🏻🙌🏻🤞🤞🤞
Well done @AnneRabbitte great to finally see movement on the Decision Support Service. This will give dignity and autonomy to so many people and their families 👏👏👏 @fiannafailparty
Everyone at Oliver bond celtic wud like to congratulate Willo Mc Adams on his call up to the Irish juinor International team ⚫️🟢🔴
Willo has been unbelievable for us from day one his work ettic on and off the pitch is 2nd to none so his call up dosen't surprise us🟢⚫️🔴
@AnneRabbitte speaking with depth of knowledge and understanding of her brief today at Disability Matters Committee. No corporate speak, acknowledging failures without excuses, listing solutions which make sense to families and clinicians.