Author: Marc O’Cathasaigh

Barrow Bridge & Waterford-Rosslare Rail Line

Barrow Bridge & Waterford-Rosslare Rail Line

“Irish Rail’s Plans to repair and automate the Barrow Bridge brings the reopening of the Waterford-Rosslare line another step closer to realisation” according to Waterford TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh. Deputy Ó Cathasaigh was speaking after a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport session in which the Waterford Green Party TD questioned Jim Meade, the CEO of…

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Record-breaking 2023 for Public Transport in Waterford and nationally

Record-breaking 2023 for Public Transport in Waterford and nationally

Green Party T.D. for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, has welcomed figures released by the NTA showing record-breaking numbers of passengers using public transport in 2023, saying it proves the old line ‘build it and they will come’. Figures released by the NTA today shows a 133% recovery in passenger numbers since 2019, equating to 304…

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Recruitment of Bus Drivers to ensure better public transport services

Recruitment of Bus Drivers to ensure better public transport services

I draw the Minister’s attention to an issue we are encountering around recruitment of qualified bus and haulage drivers. It is a real constriction point within the economy. We have access to an excellent pool of qualified bus and haulage drivers from abroad but some of the quirks in the system mean that the people…

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€157,350 for West Waterford projects under the CLÁR Programme

€157,350 for West Waterford projects under the CLÁR Programme

Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh has welcomed the announcement of €157,350 for West Waterford projects under the CLÁR Programme which he says will “help revitalise our communities and make them even better places to live and work”. The funding, under the 2023 CLÁR Programme, is part of a broader package of over…

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Looking at Value Chain, Farmer often Least Rewarded’, Sinkevičius tells Ó Cathasaigh

Looking at Value Chain, Farmer often Least Rewarded’, Sinkevičius tells Ó Cathasaigh

Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh took the opportunity to engage with European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius while attending a high-level Greens/EFA Group Leaders meeting in Brussels recently. During their interaction, they discussed the Commissioner’s recent visit to Ireland to discuss the nitrates derogation and the need to…

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New Bunmahon Coastguard Facility

New Bunmahon Coastguard Facility

Green Party T.D. for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, welcomes the opening of the new Bunmahon Coast Guard facility. The new facility which includes kit rooms, will improve training capabilities and provide the unit with much needed storage space for equipment and vehicles. Fibre broadband provision should allow the unit to potentially send out drones to…

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€1.4 million awarded to SETU Waterford

€1.4 million awarded to SETU Waterford

€1.4 million awarded to SETU Waterford to expand apprenticeships across higher education SETU Waterford is to benefit from a €1.4m capital funding to respond to the growing demand for apprenticeships in the higher education sector under plans announced today by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD.The funding will…

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Waterford food producers to benefit from a 60% grants for investment in Organic Food Production.

Waterford food producers to benefit from a 60% grants for investment in Organic Food Production.

Waterford food producers are set to ‘benefit from 60% grants for investments in their businesses if they switch to the production of organic food’ according to Green Party TD for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh. He was speaking after the announcement of the €1.5m Organic Processing Investment Grant Scheme (OPIG) by his Green Party colleague Minister…

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