Good morning ladies and gentlemen and all our distinguished guests, and welcome to Dublin Castle. I want to thank Bernie Gray for chairing today’s proceedings. And I want to thank everyone who participated in the consultation process that has informed our thinking about the forthcoming energy White Paper.
Ministers Howlin, Humpreys and White, Tánaiste Burton and John Lyons TD celebrate at Dublin Castle
By extending the rights and responsibilities of marriage we have made an enormous statement – to ourselves and to the world – that Ireland is a modern, generous and inclusive country that values all its citizens equally. I am particularly pleased that my own constituency provided such a clear endorsement for marriage equality, with 49,109 people in Dublin South voting yes to the proposal put before them, the highest number of yes votes of any constituency.
Today (Thursday 21 May), I welcomed the news that the number of people on the live register has fallen below 10% for the first time in seven years.
Minister Alex White, Labour TD for Dublin South, commended the response of newly registered voters to the forthcoming referenda.
Pic- Naoise Culhane-no fee
Today I attended the unveiling of SIRO, the new brand of ESB and Vodafone’s fibre broadband joint venture company, with the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, and Sean Atkinson CEO of SIRO.
I warmly welcome the approval of the proposed housing development in Ballinteer by the Department for the Environment, Community and Local Government. This development will see a significant investment of €5.1million in 21 new homes in our community and will provide much needed housing.
Today I informed Government of my intention to publish the results of an RTÉ efficiency review, which was conducted by NewERA, and a broadcasting advertising market review, carried out for his department by Indecon. The Cabinet noted my proposals to:
Earlier this year, I met with recipients of the Online Trading Voucher Scheme at Nutgrove LEO
I warmly welcome the news that 1,304 new jobs have been created in our community by companies supported by Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) since their inception.
I warmly welcome the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D., that seven schools in Dublin South will undertake school improvements this summer.
Minister for Communications, Alex White TD, today (Tuesday) told his Cabinet colleagues that he is considering making an order to designate three additional sporting events as ‘live, free-to-air’. They are:
