Louth Green Party

During his statement on the Four Year Plan in Seanad Eireann yesterday, Senator Mark Dearey argued for the need for a far greater level of relevant expertise within government departments.

In deciding on the course of action we have taken as a Parliamentary Party we first of all needed to be sure that it was in the best interests of the country. Our analysis is as follows.

Senator Dearey describes meeting Nagasaki survivors as moving and memorable.

Senator Mark Dearey has welcomed the publication of the National Housing Development Survey which has identified over 2000 unfinished housing developments round the country.

This Thursday 21st October 2010, Drogheda Community Allotments Association will have a fundraising table quiz in Corrigan's Pub at 8pm. The proceeds from the quiz will go towards the upkeep of the allotments site. There will be a top prize of €100 and many other raffle prizes including vouchers, seeds, bulbs, wine and much, much more. Tables are €20.00 for four people or €5.00 per person and everyone is welcome, whether you are a gardener or not!

 

Green Party Enterprise Spokesman, Senator Mark Dearey has welcomed the announcement that Louth County Enterprise Board is to receive €44,000 to fund small enterprises round the county, creating 9 jobs and Meath County Enterprise Board is to receive €40,000 which will create 11 new jobs.

Speaking on the floor of the Senate on Thursday about the new Government jobs strategy, ‘Training and Investing in the Smart Economy', Green Enterprise Spokesperson Mark Dearey described how he saw huge job potential for Louth in the Green Enterprise and renewable energy sectors.

Following the launch of Julianstown Village Design Statement last week Green Party Senator Mark Dearey commended the Village Design team on a plan that puts people before property,

Louth/East Meath Green Party Annual General Meeting elects new chairperson George Enyoazu and sets out its agenda for the next twelve months.

 

Heads must roll over safety breaches; vigilant train driver should be nominated for bravery award

Dearey backs call for annual targets to reach Millennium Development Goal targets in 2015

Senator Mark Dearey has warmly welcomed the decision by Dundalk Town Council to redevelop Market Square following a vote on the matter at a special meeting of the council held last week.

"Tallanstown has been so close to being overall winners this past few years and the Tidy Towns committee have clearly used the experience to this year claim the biggest prize of all.

Bias aside, green policies are creating jobs, not hurting households

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has said the Green Party is committed to achieving Ireland’s overseas development aid targets by 2015.

Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Mark Dearey has echoed the calls of United Nations general secretary Ban-Ki Moon for a display of solidarity and compassion for the stricken people of Pakistan, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions, following the devastating floods that followed an intense monsoon season.

On my own behalf and on behalf of the Green Party I would like to extend my sincere condolences to Anne Lennon and her family on the occasion of the tragic loss of her husband Noel.

Proposals put forward recently by Councillor Ollan Herr may lead to a special policy for the provision of safe cycle ways to Schools in County Louth.

Green Party Senator Mark Dearey has welcomed new regulations to control recreational activities in sensitive nature areas like along the River Boyle, in the Baltray Boyne estuary area and on Bettystown and Laytown sand dunes.

Commentating after the announcement yesterday that planning in County Meath is to be investigated by the Department of the Environment, Senator Mark Dearey said the investigation would give Meath County Council the opportunity to justify its planning decisions in East Meath and along the southern boundary with Drogheda town.

"The announced increase in VAT from January in the UK will bring us closer to price parity with Northern Ireland ," claims Louth Senator and local businessman, Mark Dearey.

During a Seanad health debate this morning (on the state of the health service), Senator Mark Dearey asked Minister Mary Harney under section 7 of the 2004 Health Act to seek an opinion from the HSE on whether or not the Lourdes Hospital is fit for purpose as the de facto regional hospital for the North East.

Green Party Enterprise spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has describedthe ratification by ICTU today of the Croke Park deal on pubic sectorpay and conditions as a "momentous opportunity to deliver desperately needed public service reform "

Senator Dan Boyle: These are two very sobering reports. I use the word "sobering" in its widest sense because the reports describe the behaviour of financial institutions which acted as bartenders at a free bar that lasted for at least a decade.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has described as "proportionate and correct" the decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to request the withdrawal of an Israeli diplomat following the use of Irish passports in the assassination of Mahmoud al Mabhouh.

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Senator Mark Dearey has given a warm welcome to the publication of the Saville Report of Bloody Sunday.

The recent funding award for cycling to schools has been strongly welcomed by local Green Party politicians. The Green Party are anxious to congratulate the Council Executive for their efforts to date and to offer any support needed to win further funding under the Smart Travel Area Grant scheme.

Green Party Health spokesperson Senator Niall O Brolcháin has backed calls for mandatory second scans to be introduced during pregnancy before any D&C procedure takes place.

Speaking about the Green Party's Submission on the Enhanced Role of the Oireachtas under the Lisbon Treaty, Party Spokesperson on European Affairs, Senator Mark Dearey explained,

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has commended the crew of the MV Rachel Corrie on their ‘courage and commitment' to the people of Gaza.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has welcomed the news that the flotilla activists including three Irish people in Israeli detention are to be released immediately.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mark Dearey has said he has grave concerns for the safety to the crew of the Irish / Malaysian boat the Rachel Corrie.

Responding to Fine Gael's proposal document for the economy Senator Mark Dearey commented on its striking similarities with Green Party enterprise policy, which characterises the government's current jobs strategy.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Mark Dearey has expressed grave concerns regarding the safety of three Irish citizens on board the Free Gaza ship Challenger 1, part of the flotilla attacked in International waters by the Israeli navy earlier today.

Senators from across the north east and all parties this morning sought debate with Minister Harvey to address the thirty five women who are excluded from the original compensation scheme.

Speaking in Seanad Eireann this morning as the "Rachel Corrie" sailed down the Irish Sea from Greenore Co. Louth, toward the Port city of Gaza, Senator Mark Dearey wished the crew safe passage and strongly affirmed his conviction that this is "a purely humanitarian mission to relieve the suffering of the people of Gaza."

I have also received notice from Senator Mark Dearey of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health and Children to comment on the ongoing staffing problems around the opening of the new emergency department in Drogheda Hospital which has no set opening date; and the need to maintain funding to the out-patient department at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk in spite of the funding cuts to accident and emergency departments recently announced.

 

Dearey calls on Labour to support Croke Park agreement

Following his attendance at last night's Adjournement debate in the Dail on an all party motion seeking justice for the 35 victims of Michael Neary who have not received any compensation from the Lourdes Redress scheme, Senator Mark Dearey has indicated that he will be seeking a similar cross party debate in Seanad Eireann in the near future.

Mark Dearey: I welcome the Minister. I thank the Irish Family Planning Association for its briefing. I found it extraordinarily helpful over recent days when I was preparing to make my contribution, which I am happy to make on behalf of the Green Party. I support the Bill, as amended, from the Labour Party.

Mark Dearey: It has been an interesting hour and a quarter, with good ideas coming from all sides, two of which concerned action rather than debate and which I want to pick out, in particular. I support the calls for action on the Boucher payment which I found deeply disappointing and which demonstrated a breathtaking level of arrogance.

Senator Mark Dearey has described a meeting this morning between the Minister for the Environment John Gormley and Dundalk Chamber boss Bill Tosh and himself as, " worthwhile and clearly focussed on measures to bring down the cost of doing business locally."

Green Party Senator Mark Dearey has raised concern at plans by the Department of Energy in the UK to build a string of new nuclear power stations, after claims that the proposed plants have ‘fundamental design faults'. Seven of these stations are to be located opposite Ireland on Britain's west coast.

Marianne Butler will take over recently appointed Senator Mark Dearey's seat on Louth County Council while Ollan Herr will take over his Dundalk Town Council seat, a meeting of the Louth Green Party decided last Wednesday.