Persons who are eligible to vote but who are not registered as electors still have time to apply for entry on the supplement to the register of electors to be published before polling day and so be able to vote on 31 May 2012. Application forms can be downloaded from http://www.checktheregister.ie/ or can be obtained from City or County Councils. To be eligible for inclusion in the supplement to the register a person must be an Irish citizen, must be 18 years of age by polling day and must be ordinarily resident in the State.
An application for inclusion in the supplement to the Register must be signed by the applicant in the presence of a member of the Garda Síochána from the applicant’s local Garda station who must first be satisfied as to the person’s identity before signing, dating and stamping the form. The Garda may request photographic or other identification. Where the applicant establishes in writing that he is unable to progress the application in this way, the form can be signed by the applicant in the presence of an official of the registration authority who is satisfied as to his or her identity. Again, photographic or other identification may be required. If neither option is viable due to physical illness or physical disability, the application form must be accompanied by a medical certificate. The final date for receipt of completed application forms by the relevant City or County Council is Monday, 14th May 2012.
If a person is eligible to vote by post, or is unable to vote in person due to a physical illness or physical disability and is resident in a hospital, nursing home or similar institution, and they are not on the Postal Voters List or Special Voters List, they can apply for inclusion in the supplement to those lists. Application forms are available from City and County Councils who will advise people of the appropriate arrangements for the completion of the relevant form. Completed forms must be received by the relevant City or Council not later than Wednesday 2nd May 2012.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
European Stability Treaty
You are cordially invited to the Official Launch of the
Joint Meath East/Meath West Constituency Campaign on European Stability Treaty
in
Ardboyne Hotel, Navan
Friday May 4th 2012 @ 8 p.m.
Keynote Speakers include:
John Bruton Chairman I.F.S.C. Ireland
Brendan Butler – I.B.E.C.
Eddie Downey – I.F.A. Deputy President
Tom O Connor – Director Version One Technologies
Regina Doherty – TD, North Leinster Organiser of the Fine Gael Fiscal Pact Campaign
Deirdre Sexton Meath East Constituency Chairperson
Desmond Clancy, Meath West Constituency Chairperson
Public representatives: Mairead McGuinness, MEP Deputies Ray Butler TD, Regina Doherty TD, Damien English TD & Minister Shane McEntee TD, Cllr. John Farrelly, Cllr. Catherine Yore, Cllr. Eugene Cassidy, Cllr. Maria Murphy, Cllr. Gerry O’Connor, Cllr. Ann Dillon-Gallagher, Cllr. Sirena Campbell, Cllr. Jim Holloway, Cllr. Suzanne Jamal, Cllr. Frank McDermott, Cllr William Carey & Cllr. Joe Fox Town Cllrs. Sarah Reilly, Oliver Sweeney, William Bligh, Gerard Reilly & William Fay
Friday, April 27, 2012
Special Olympics Ireland’s annual collection day
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Minister for Justice ,Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter TD, secures Cabinet approval for participation by the Defence Forces in the UN Mission in Syria
The Minister for Defence, Mr Alan Shatter, T.D., has secured Cabinet approval to deploy members of the Permanent Defence Force as unarmed military observers to the new UN mission in Syria. Up to six members of the Permanent Defence Force will be made available to the UN for service with the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS). The new Supervision Mission will monitor a cessation of armed violence “in all its forms by all parties” in Syria. The mission will also monitor the full implementation of the six-point plan recently proposed by Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Mr Kofi Annan to bring an end to the crisis in Syria. A UN advance team is already in Syria, and the Government also agreed that Defence Forces personnel could be made available to the UN team should that be required.
Speaking after the Government Meeting, Mr Shatter said “The UN supervision mission will contribute to improving the situation on the ground not only in saving lives but in bringing about reform and political transition in Syria. “ Minister Shatter added that “Participation by the Defence Forces in the UN supervision mission will, once again, reaffirm Ireland’s continued support for the United Nations.”
The UN Security Council has called for the mission to be deployed expeditiously subject to assessment by the UN Secretary- Genereal of relevant developments on the ground, including the consolidation of the cessation of violence. Today’s Government decision clears the way for deployment of Irish personnel subject to the security situation in Syria.
Speaking after the Government Meeting, Mr Shatter said “The UN supervision mission will contribute to improving the situation on the ground not only in saving lives but in bringing about reform and political transition in Syria. “ Minister Shatter added that “Participation by the Defence Forces in the UN supervision mission will, once again, reaffirm Ireland’s continued support for the United Nations.”
The UN Security Council has called for the mission to be deployed expeditiously subject to assessment by the UN Secretary- Genereal of relevant developments on the ground, including the consolidation of the cessation of violence. Today’s Government decision clears the way for deployment of Irish personnel subject to the security situation in Syria.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
One Family and EBS are asking everyone to Celebrate Families on Family Day, Sunday 13 May 2012.
Join us for the Family Day picnic in The Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 2, from 11am-5pm, Sunday 13 May to enjoy our family entertainers, workshops and games – all free of charge. Bring your own picnic! Check out http://www.familyday.ie/ for more information and updates on what we have planned.
Or, hold your own fun event and register it on http://www.familyday.ie/ Draw your family portrait and be in with a chance of winning €500.* Just draw or paint your family on an A4 sheet and drop it into any EBS office or post it to One Family, 2 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2. Be sure to include your name and number.
*Terms and conditions apply. See http://www.familyday.ie/
Friday, April 20, 2012
Doherty calls on GRA president to withdraw insulting remarks on Defence Forces
Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty,has today (Friday) called on the President of the Garda RepresentativeAssociation to withdraw what she described as the insulting remarks hemade in relation to the Defence Forces earlier this week.
“I was shocked when I heard the commentsfrom the GRA President, Damien McCarthy, earlier this week in relationto the Defence Forces. I find it perplexing that Mr McCarthy would chooseto ostracise a group that not only provides a vital service to the Irishpublic, but which also works hand in hand with the Gardaí on a regularbasis.
“During his address to the GRA conference,Mr McCarthy launched a broadside at both the Minister for Justice, AlanShatter, and at the Defence Forces when he questioned why additional membersof the Defence Forces are being recruited. I understand that Gardaí areunder pressure due to the moratorium in the public service, but that isno reason to lash out at the hard working members of our Defence Forces.
“We do not need different sectionsof the civil and public service to be pitting themselves against each other.I note that PDforra, which represents the 8,000 soldiers, sailors and aircrewof the Defence Forces, has expressed its surprise at the comments madeby Mr McCarthy. I am sure that many of its members were offended, as wellas surprised, by the remarks.
“The Defence Forces provide an essentialservice to this country. Last year alone, the Defence Forces were calledout to deal with more than 230 suspicious devices, 46 of which were improvisedexplosive devices. These are essentially homemade bombs that are oftenplanted in residential communities around the country.
“The decision to recruit an additional500 members of the Defence Forces was taken in light of the fact that numbersare 700 below the agreed strength for the army, naval service and Air Corpscombined. I view this as a welcome initiative that will not only strengthenour Defence Forces, but will also take 500 people off the live register.I call on Mr McCarthy to take all of these issues into account, and withdrawhis comments before they cause even more offence.”
“I was shocked when I heard the commentsfrom the GRA President, Damien McCarthy, earlier this week in relationto the Defence Forces. I find it perplexing that Mr McCarthy would chooseto ostracise a group that not only provides a vital service to the Irishpublic, but which also works hand in hand with the Gardaí on a regularbasis.
“During his address to the GRA conference,Mr McCarthy launched a broadside at both the Minister for Justice, AlanShatter, and at the Defence Forces when he questioned why additional membersof the Defence Forces are being recruited. I understand that Gardaí areunder pressure due to the moratorium in the public service, but that isno reason to lash out at the hard working members of our Defence Forces.
“We do not need different sectionsof the civil and public service to be pitting themselves against each other.I note that PDforra, which represents the 8,000 soldiers, sailors and aircrewof the Defence Forces, has expressed its surprise at the comments madeby Mr McCarthy. I am sure that many of its members were offended, as wellas surprised, by the remarks.
“The Defence Forces provide an essentialservice to this country. Last year alone, the Defence Forces were calledout to deal with more than 230 suspicious devices, 46 of which were improvisedexplosive devices. These are essentially homemade bombs that are oftenplanted in residential communities around the country.
“The decision to recruit an additional500 members of the Defence Forces was taken in light of the fact that numbersare 700 below the agreed strength for the army, naval service and Air Corpscombined. I view this as a welcome initiative that will not only strengthenour Defence Forces, but will also take 500 people off the live register.I call on Mr McCarthy to take all of these issues into account, and withdrawhis comments before they cause even more offence.”
Time for Kelleher to get his facts straight
Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty, has today (Thursday) said that Fianna Fáil’s Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher, should get his facts straight before he falsely accuses the Government of something that he is so poorly informed about. Deputy Doherty was speaking after Deputy Kelleher wrongly claimed the Minister for Health, James Reilly, had appointed a special advisor to the Special Delivery Unit.
“Deputy Kelleher was quick to express his ‘outrage’ on this issue, but clearly what he should have done was check his facts first. I am happy to clear up any confusion for Deputy Kelliher’s sake. Lis Nixon, who is a healthcare expert, has been appointed Director for Performance Improvement for Unscheduled Care. She was appointed after an advertising tender process. She is not a special advisor; she is filling an executive position and will be reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer of the SDU, Tony O'Brien.
“Deputy Kelleher’s false claims were not only misguided, in my opinion they are grossly unfair to Ms Nixon. She has an exemplary record in tackling the very issue the Special Delivery Unit is addressing; overcrowding in Emergency Departments. For the past ten years she has worked in the UK at national level in performance improvement, mostly in relation to Emergency Departments, and has been instrumental in reducing the waiting times in these departments.
“I also find it incredible that Deputy Kelleher could suggest that the Special Delivery Unit has not made any progress. Yet again, this is completely incorrect. The SDU has been making steady work on reducing the number of people on trolleys since it was set up by Minister Reilly last year. The SDU achieved a huge amount in its first six months alone; trolley figures for January of this year were down 27% on the figures for the same month in 2010.
“Fianna Fáil left this country with an overburdened and ailing health system. After 14 years in Government, the Party failed to deliver any significant reform in health, despite many years of bumper Exchequer revenues, based on even more dubious policies. Minister Reilly has embarked on the most ambitious programme of reform ever carried out in the Irish health service that will completely overhaul the way care is delivered in this country.
“Deputy Kelleher’s misinformed comments are not only wrong, they are a disservice to those who chose to vote for Fianna Fáil in the last election. It is little wonder that Sinn Fein is stealing a march on the Soldiers of Destiny, when they are resorting to such lazy tactics in a bid to validate their position on the Opposition benches.”
“Deputy Kelleher was quick to express his ‘outrage’ on this issue, but clearly what he should have done was check his facts first. I am happy to clear up any confusion for Deputy Kelliher’s sake. Lis Nixon, who is a healthcare expert, has been appointed Director for Performance Improvement for Unscheduled Care. She was appointed after an advertising tender process. She is not a special advisor; she is filling an executive position and will be reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer of the SDU, Tony O'Brien.
“Deputy Kelleher’s false claims were not only misguided, in my opinion they are grossly unfair to Ms Nixon. She has an exemplary record in tackling the very issue the Special Delivery Unit is addressing; overcrowding in Emergency Departments. For the past ten years she has worked in the UK at national level in performance improvement, mostly in relation to Emergency Departments, and has been instrumental in reducing the waiting times in these departments.
“I also find it incredible that Deputy Kelleher could suggest that the Special Delivery Unit has not made any progress. Yet again, this is completely incorrect. The SDU has been making steady work on reducing the number of people on trolleys since it was set up by Minister Reilly last year. The SDU achieved a huge amount in its first six months alone; trolley figures for January of this year were down 27% on the figures for the same month in 2010.
“Fianna Fáil left this country with an overburdened and ailing health system. After 14 years in Government, the Party failed to deliver any significant reform in health, despite many years of bumper Exchequer revenues, based on even more dubious policies. Minister Reilly has embarked on the most ambitious programme of reform ever carried out in the Irish health service that will completely overhaul the way care is delivered in this country.
“Deputy Kelleher’s misinformed comments are not only wrong, they are a disservice to those who chose to vote for Fianna Fáil in the last election. It is little wonder that Sinn Fein is stealing a march on the Soldiers of Destiny, when they are resorting to such lazy tactics in a bid to validate their position on the Opposition benches.”
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Doherty welcomes appointment of former North Eastern HB chief exec as head of Dept of Health
Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty, has today (Thursday) welcomed the appointment of the former chief executive of the North Eastern Health Board, Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, as the new secretary general at the Department of Health.
“I am delighted to see a person of such impressive experience take the helm at the Department of Health at a time of vital importance for the health service. The Government has set out an ambitious programme of reform for the health service; this body of work is already underway and I am confident that Dr Loughlin will be well disposed to continue its implementation.
“I also think it is encouraging that the Government has chosen someone who is considered an ‘outsider’ to come in and run the Department. The Government has shown, through the recent appointed of John Moran to the Department of Finance, that it is determined to take a fresh approach to these appointments by selecting people who are best suited to the job at hand.
“Dr McLoughlin has extensive experience working in the Irish health service. Before his most recent role as chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, Dr Loughlin served in a number of roles over 30 years, working his way from practitioner to chief executive.
“During his time as chief executive officer of the North Eastern Health Board, from 2000 to 2004, he played a central role in dealing with complaints made against Dr Michael Neary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. He has also previously advised the Department of Health on a number of key public health matters, including managing the threat of Sars.
“I welcome this injection of fresh blood into the Department of Health. Dr McLoughlin’s appointment was vetted by the Top Level Appointments Committee, which considered applications from both inside and outside the civil service. The Government is utterly determined to completely overhaul the way health care is delivered in this country; Dr Ambrose will now play a key role in this challenging process.”
“I am delighted to see a person of such impressive experience take the helm at the Department of Health at a time of vital importance for the health service. The Government has set out an ambitious programme of reform for the health service; this body of work is already underway and I am confident that Dr Loughlin will be well disposed to continue its implementation.
“I also think it is encouraging that the Government has chosen someone who is considered an ‘outsider’ to come in and run the Department. The Government has shown, through the recent appointed of John Moran to the Department of Finance, that it is determined to take a fresh approach to these appointments by selecting people who are best suited to the job at hand.
“Dr McLoughlin has extensive experience working in the Irish health service. Before his most recent role as chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, Dr Loughlin served in a number of roles over 30 years, working his way from practitioner to chief executive.
“During his time as chief executive officer of the North Eastern Health Board, from 2000 to 2004, he played a central role in dealing with complaints made against Dr Michael Neary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. He has also previously advised the Department of Health on a number of key public health matters, including managing the threat of Sars.
“I welcome this injection of fresh blood into the Department of Health. Dr McLoughlin’s appointment was vetted by the Top Level Appointments Committee, which considered applications from both inside and outside the civil service. The Government is utterly determined to completely overhaul the way health care is delivered in this country; Dr Ambrose will now play a key role in this challenging process.”
Thursday, April 05, 2012
IFA support for Stability Treaty referendum is significant
Active campaign planned for its almost 90,000 members
Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty , has described the decision by the Irish Farmers Association’s (IFA) Executive Council on Tuesday to recommend a Yes vote on the Stability Treaty to its almost 90,000 members as a significant step in the campaign to ratify the Treaty.
“By making this decision, the IFA has recognised and acknowledged the huge benefits that membership of a stable currency regime, the Common Agriculture Policy and the EU brings to farming families, their businesses and the rural economy.
“Many of the terms of the Stability Treaty on budget deficits and Government debt are already agreed and in place at an EU level and our ratification of the Treaty will bring these into Irish law . Acceptance of the Stability Treaty by Ireland on May 31st will allow successful sectors such as agri-food production and exports, to continue to grow and expand for the benefit of the entire Irish economy.
“As part of their campaign for a Yes vote, the IFA will embark on a communications drive to their 90,000 members of the benefits of of the Stability Treaty and regional meetings will commence around the country. On Thursday 5th April, the IFA President, John Bryan, will address the Oireachtas Sub-Committee.”
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