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FAILURE TO PROVIDE SPORT AND RECREATION FACILITIES
Date: May 8, 2006
Funds allocated under the National Development Plan for sports and leisure activities in the BMW region had not been spent and areas like the West and North West were being deprived of much needed facilities. This was stated...[more]
GAS PIPELINE ESSENTIAL FOR WEST & NORTH WEST SAYS HARKIN
Date: May 4, 2006
A gas pipeline to service the West and North West had to be built irrespective of where the gas to fill it comes from.[more]
STATE AID RESTRICTION COULD DRIVE BIG COMPANIES OUT OF EU, SAYS HARKIN
Date: May 1, 2006
Attempts to further restrict state aid to companies in the EU would discriminate against peripheral area economies in the EU and did not have sufficient regard to international competition factors.[more]
HARKIN SLATES GOVERNMENT ON RAIL & GAS
Date: May 1, 2006
Back of an envelope estimations were sufficient for the Luas which was 169% over budget at €750 million, the port tunnel was currently €500 million over budget but when it came to Government concern for economic justification it...[more]
EU FUND PROPOSED TO REPATRIATE DEAD WORKERS
Date: May 1, 2006
The families of Irish workers who die abroad and migrant workers who die in Ireland and other EU countries should be able to avail of a fund which would help to repatriate their bodies to their homelands. [more]
BUILDING ACCESS FOR DISABLED THREATENED
Date: April 26, 2006
The proposal of the EU Council that public monies can be used to finance buildings which are not accessible to people with disabilities should be strongly opposed by the Irish Government.[more]
DON'T WAIT FOR EU ON BLIND SPOT DEATHS SAYS MEP
Date: April 23, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin has called on the Government to bring in immediate legislation requiring the fitting of blind spot mirrors on all Irish trucks.[more]
EU SEEKS CONSULTATION ON ROAD DEATHS
Date: April 17, 2006
In an attempt to halve road deaths in Europe by 2010 the EU is, next month, to launch a public consultation process.[more]
CANCER SERVICE PRESSURE MUST BE MAINTAINED SAYS HARKIN
Date: April 17, 2006
The decision by Breastcheck to advertise for staff for the North West Breastcheck service has been warmly welcomed by Marian Harkin TD.[more]
HARKIN DEPLORES UNDER-SPEND IN BMW REGION
Date: April 10, 2006
The €3.65 billion under-spend in the BMW region under the National Development Plan represented the continued refusal of the Government to deliver balanced regional development.[more]
