Press Release, June 28th 2024 Waterford T.D. Marc Ó Cathasaigh has welcomed the announcement this week that two more banks – A.I.B. and Bank of Ireland – will be offering low-cost loans for people who are participating in the Government-backed, €500 million, Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme. Speaking on the announcement, Ó Cathasaigh said “With…
Press Release, Monday 24th June Waterford T.D., Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomed the announcement today that the public library services in Waterford will receive funding in order to make Waterford library services more accessible for people with disabilities. The project which will cost €14,823 will receive an allocation of €13,340 from the government to fund a…
Press Release, June 14th, 2024 Waterford T.D., Marc Ó Cathasaigh has said that next week’s Public Accounts Committee hearing with Horse Racing Ireland is vitally important, following the Primetime Investigates programme on the Irish and European horse industries. Speaking today Ó Cathasaigh said “The programme by the RTE Primetime Investigates team was exceptional investigative journalism…
Aims to reduce plastic bottle use and provide public access to drinking water Press Release, June 6th 2024 Waterford T.D. Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomed the launch of the nationwide public drinking water fountain scheme which aims to reduce plastic bottle use, litter and provide widespread and easy access to drinking water. The scheme was launched…
Press release, May 23rd Waterford T.D., Marc Ó Cathasaigh has said that the new Small Scale Renewable Energy Support Scheme launched this week will enable communities, farmers and SMEs to join the solar revolution. Ó Cathasaigh said “We know that schools, homes and business have already embraced the idea of generating electricity for their own…
Press Release, May 23rd 2024 Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Green Party T.D. for Waterford met with the CEO of Irish Rail, Jim Meade and Minister Eamon Ryan this week to discuss rail capital investment in the South East. The reopening of the Barrow Bridge was a particular focus of discussion with Dep. Ó Cathasaigh requesting that…
Waterford TD believes that the SETU campus in Waterford could become a “centre of excellence for teacher training education” in an exchange with Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education. Deputy Ó Cathasaigh was questioning the Minister in the Joint Oireachtas Committee of Education on issues around SETU and regional balance in the context…
“Quarter 2, 2026” is when we can expect to see trains start to use the new Waterford’s new train station on the North Quays, according to Irish Rail CEO Jim Meade in response to questions raised by Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh. Mr Meade was speaking at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on…
“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…
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…
