Fine Gael Innovation Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has called on Education Minister Mary Coughlan TD to address Ireland’s underperforming standards in maths education. In the last few weeks Ireland’s underperformance in the maths education has been highlighted by two reports, one international and one from the Department of Education. The findings of the international PISA [...]

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Tax increases on low and middle income families in Budget 2011 will only damage the economy and stymie growth, according to Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD. Budget 2011 is an attack on low and middle income working families. The tax changes will reduce their spending power and suck money out of [...]

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Click here to view the video clip of my Adjournment Debate on the need to improve dental services for adults with special needs and the reply from Minister of State Sean Haughey TD. My Adjournment Debate to the Minister for Health was as a result of a number of people contacting my office who have [...]

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On the first anniversary of Cork’s devastating flooding Fine Gael TD Deirdre Clune has been given time for a Dáil debate on the Government’s lacklustre response to the flooding and the insurance implications of this inaction for local residents. Cork was hit by devastating flooding on 19th November 2009. Twelve months on, and facing into [...]

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Click here for my view of the Government’s record on providing ICT & High Speed Broadband to schools. Click here to view the full video clip of my Question to the Minister for Education regarding the Broadband & ICT in schools and the reply from Minister of State Mary White TD. My Priority Parliamentary Question [...]

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Click here to view the video clip of my questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation Batt O’Keeffe TD about the Government’s lack of action on Graduate Unemployment. I took the opportunity to outline to the Minister to crisis in Graduate Unemployment which has been estimated by the Union of Student’s in Ireland [...]

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Click here to view the video clip of my Adjournment Debate on the TB outbreak in Cork and Minister of State Dara Calleary’s reply. The outbreak of TB in a Cork Primary School has raised a number of questions about the the TB services that exist and the decision not to offer the BCG vaccine [...]

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Click here to view the video clip of my Adjournment Debate on the HIQA Report on Foster Care Services in Cork and the reply from Minister of State Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation. My Adjournment Debate to the Minister for Children was as a result of the HIQA Report (PDF 374KB) [...]

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Click here to view the video clip of my Question to the Minister for Education regarding the Introduction of Bonus Points for Leaving Cert Maths and the reply from Minister of State Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation. My Priority Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Education & Skills was: To ask [...]

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Outdated and near useless bankruptcy laws are costing jobs in the economy while holding back entrepreneurship, Fine Gael Innovation and Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has warned. Speaking during Fine Gael’s Private Members’ Motion on jobs in the Dáil on Thursday, Deputy Clune said: ‘Today’s revelations about the huge cost of the banking bail out [...]

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