Thursday 9th of February 2012   Finance Bill puts Cork home owners and fairness front and centre – Clune.   Changes to the USC and mortgage interest relief will help alleviate pressure   Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune today [Thursday] said the provisions contained in the Finance Bill 2012, on changes to [...]

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http://media.heanet.ie/oireachtas/asx.php?Channel=Seanad&Date=20120201&StartTime=07:03:50.000&Duration=00:09:00.000 Here is a clip of me speaking on the Energy Amendments Bill 2012. Deirdre.

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‘More female candidates need to be on the ticket’ – Clune   Gender Quotas Bill Welcomed.   3th February 2012.   Cork’s female representation in Government looks set to increase significantly after the next general election after a gender balance bill was introduced in the Seanad yesterday, Thursday. There are currently just three women TDs [...]

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Open publication – Free publishing – More 2012

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30th January 2012. Distressed mortgage holders offered lifeline by new Insolvency Bill – Clune. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune, has said the Personal Insolvency Bill published this week by the Government will give a vital lifeline to distressed mortgage holders and those overwhelmed by personal debts. The Heads of the Bill was published by Ministers [...]

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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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