Delivering for you

Once again, Fine Gael has come to Government at a very difficult time for our country. In the few short months since taking office, we have already taken big steps to put the country back on the right track.

The recent renegotiation of the EU/IMF deal will reduce the cost of funding to the State, the Government’s Jobs Initiative is supporting thousands of jobs at home, and the banking crisis has been brought under control. Above all else, Fine Gael is making the system of Government fairer and more progressive by cutting political perks, reforming a dysfunctional healthcare system and doing more to protect the defenceless in our society. The months and years ahead will be challenging but the country will recover and, with the right direction, Ireland will emerge stronger than ever.

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Cllr Neale Richmond (Fine Gael) has welcome plans for wide-ranging road safety laws that are to be brought forward by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Dr. Leo Varadkar. These changes include a brand new plastic driving licence, which will replace the current paper documents.
“I welcome the proposed changeover to new plastic driving licences. The current pink-papered licences have been outdated for some time now and it is good to see our licensing system move into line with the rest of the world.

“The old licences have been a known area of concern due to the large amount of fraudulent licenses in circulation. It has even come to the stage where Irish driving licenses are no longer accepted as a valid form of photo ID in many places because they can be so easily tampered with.

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Irish Aid is hosting an in the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell St., Dublin 1 on Saturday 1st October. The Volunteering Fair will run from 11am to 4pm including information stands with over 25 long and short-term volunteering organizations participating. There will be presentations from participating organisations every half hour starting at 11am. For further information, please see http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/centre/events_list.asp or contact the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre on Lo-call 1890 252 676

Following Questioning by Cllr Neale Richmond, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has announced that it will be participating in the National Internship Scheme

“I have been informed that the County Manager has circulated details to all Heads of Department seeking details of suitable positions for inclusion in the scheme. A number of positions have been identified to date and are in the process of being advertised on the Jobbridge.ie website.

“The Manager is also looking at further internship positions and will be advertised in due course on Jobbridge.ie.

“The National Internship Scheme is a great opportunity for those out of work to get excellent on site experience in a range of careers, participants will be given a €50 allowance on top of any existing social welfare benefits or payments.”