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Coghlan supports Minister Deenihan’s approach to the Arts
Fine Gael Kerry Senator and Seanad Chief Whip, Paul Coghlan, has voiced his support for the approach to the Arts being taken by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan.
New sharing of information will create a more student focused approach to education
New information sharing between primary and secondary schools will ensure continuity and progression for students and also alert secondary schools if any child will need additional support to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.
Dáil Speech on Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill- Wednesday 27th June
Speeches, Economy, Jobs
Progress Being Made for Bereaved Families Wishing to Register Loved Ones Who Died Abroad
Press Statements, Social Welfare, Tourism, Civil Registration Act 2004
New sharing of information will create a more student focused approach to education
New information sharing between primary and secondary schools will ensure continuity and progression for students and also alert secondary schools if any child will need additional support to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.
Dáil Speech on Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill- Wednesday 27th June
Speeches, Economy, Jobs
Progress Being Made for Bereaved Families Wishing to Register Loved Ones Who Died Abroad
Press Statements, Social Welfare, Tourism, Civil Registration Act 2004
Concerns of artistic community ignored at our peril
Speaking this evening in the Dáil during private members' business, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, Olivia Mitchell, urged the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan TD, to preserve in the curatorial and programming independence of the cultural institutions.
National Cultural Institutions
I am not being political when I highlight that the concerns expressed in the motion correspond to measures promised in the budget of 2009 by the party then in government.
Mitchell nostalgic about the break-up of Dublin South constituency
Reacting to the Constituency Commission boundary recommendations, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Olivia Mitchell has said she feels nostalgic about the break-up of the Dublin South constituency as we know it. "Not alone was Dublin South a butchering, the wiping out of the Dublin South name is a real shock. 'Dublin Rathdown' will take some getting used to.