Month: October 2014

Students should be eligible for free water allowance

Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Wednesday), appealed to Irish Water to consider extending the age for the children’s water free allowance to students up to 23 years of age who can prove… Read More

Mitchell O’Connor hosts breakfast for Breast Health Day

Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, today (Wednesday) hosted a breakfast in Leinster House to mark Breast Health Day 2014. “This morning’s breakfast in, in co-operation with Europa Donna Ireland and Coviden, to mark Breast… Read More

Mitchell O’Connor welcomes abolition of pension levy

Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, has welcomed the Government’s decision to abolish the 0.6% Pension Levy at the end this year, with the additional 0.15% levy expiring at the end of 2015. Deputy Mitchell… Read More

BreastCheck extended to older women in Budget

Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, said today (Tuesday) the decision to extend BreastCheck to 65-69 year olds in 2015 demonstrates the Government’s commitment to improving the wellbeing of Irish women. Deputy Mitchell O’Connor said:… Read More

€88 million investment and 1,700 new posts for Education

Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that €88 million is to be invested in education and that 1,700 new full time posts are to be created. “An investment of… Read More

Sinn Fein’s pre-Budget 2015 proposal to withdraw private school subsidy would jeopardise 1,500 jobs and cost millions

Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has strongly criticised Sinn Féin’s pre budget proposal to withdraw the private school subsidy over five years on the grounds that this move will put 1,500 jobs at risk… Read More

Strong Calls to Extend BreastCheck Programme

Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, Mary Mitchell O’Connor attended the BreastCheck extension event early last week. The event, coordinated by the Irish Cancer Society called on the Government to extend the free BreastCheck screening. BreastCheck currently provides free… Read More

World Sight Day an opportunity to highlight Preventable Sight Loss

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Thursday), on World Sight Day, highlighted the need for increased early detection and intervention of blindness and eye diseases in Ireland as 75% to 80% of sight loss… Read More

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