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Funding for improved road infrastructure in Cork welcome –Clune. Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has welcomed the announcement from the Department of Transport that Cork City and Council is to receive over 7 million euro in funding to improve road infrastructure. I have been informed by the Minister that a sum of over 3 [...]

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This is a useful link to keep track of what I have said in thE Senad. http://www.kildarestreet.com/search/?pid=63&pop=1#n4ou

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Application for Patronage of Carrigaline, Secondary Gael School Welcome- Clune. January 23rd 2012. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune today has welcomed the application made by Cork VEC and An Foras Pátrúnachta to the Department of Education to become patrons of the new Irish secondary school in Carrigaline. This follows on form Minister’s Ruairi Quinn’s announcement [...]

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CE Schemes Vital to Local Communities – Clune 23rd January 2012. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune today has called on the government to ensure that money will continue to be invested in Community Employment Schemes. The Department of Social Protection is currently in the process of reviewing the Community Employment (CE Schemes). The Community Employment [...]

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Dementia Strategy Report Welcome – Clune. 20th January 2012. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune today has welcomed the issuing of a new report on dementia in Ireland. This report criticises the care provided to people with dementia in Ireland and “found that over 40,000 people suffer from the illness and has a higher incidence than [...]

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Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune today has welcomed Minister Varadkar’s announcement that tolls will not be imposed on the tunnel in Cork. Earlier in the year the National Roads Authority (NRA) indicated the intention to provide a toll system on the Cork tunnel. “In my view this would have been a short sighted move that [...]

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Redundancy Payments due to Vita Cortex, Cork workers must be paid – Clune. Monday 16th of January. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune in the Seanad last week also raised the plight of the Vita Cortex workers by raising an adjournment on the matter. The Vita Cortex are now in the fourth week of their protest [...]

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I recently met with representatives from Women’s Aid to discuss their work in the current climate. I commend the work of Women’s Aid in their attempts to combat domestic abuse and problems that accompany it. During the briefing, I was shown very worrying statistics. Women’s Aid this week released these statistics as part of their [...]

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  Citizens need to be more aware of the indicators of child sexual abuse – Clune   Speaking on the International Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse today (Saturday) Fine Gael Cork Senator, Deirdre Clune, called on Irish citizens to make themselves more aware of the signs associated with child abuse.   Senator Clune [...]

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