Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has welcomed today's announcement by Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny that he is to take a pay cut next year, but said it represented a u-turn on his refusal to support a collective paycut for TDs and Senators on national radio this week.
Green Party TD Paul Gogarty today welcomed news that the Affordable Homes Partnership is to withdraw plans for a major housing scheme at St Edmundsbury/Woodville. This comes in the wake of a decision by the landowner Ballymore not to proceed any further with plans for housing following the publication of a Strategic Environmental Assessment by South Dublin County Council recommending a reduced amount of housing on the site.
Green Party Education spokesperson Paul Gogarty TD has urged the Departments of Education, Environment and Finance to work together to find a satisfactory solution so that schools across the country can avoid the spectre of being landed with thousands of euro worth of local authority water charges.
Green Party Education Spokesperson Paul Gogarty TD today urged Finance Minister Brian Cowan and his cabinet colleagues to go beyond their stated commitments on education funding in the Programme for Government.
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