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McCarthy launches new weekly podcast
Labour T.D., for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy today launched his new weekly podcast series which aims to give people a frank insight into his work as a T.D. The podcast will be uploaded every Wednesday morning on his website, www.michaelmccarthy.ie. It will also be available on his Facebook and Twitter accounts. “A modern democracy demands modern political communication, and we as public representatives must adapt to these realities. Therefore I [...]
McCarthy pledges to protect children’s rights
Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy has pledged his support this week to the Children’s Rights Alliance and its call to strengthen children’s rights in the Constitution. With cross party support for the holding of a referendum, Deputy McCarthy has offered his own individual support to protect children’s rights in the West Cork region so that each child is cherished equally. Deputy McCarthy says: “Each and every childhood counts [...]
Michael speaks on RTE’s ‘News at One’ about the issue of funding for the higher education sector
Listen to the interview with Sean O’Rourke here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1116/news1pm.html
McCarthy says public sector reform package a ‘significant move’
Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy has welcomed the public sector reform plan announced today, stating that it is a significant step forward for the Government’s reform programme. Deputy McCarthy said: “This is the strongest indication yet that the Government is intent on fulfilling its pledge to radically overhaul the public sector. Plans to downsize staffing levels, to re-calibrate the quango system, and to wind up the decentralisation programme [...]
Fresh tourism figures show Government initiatives are working – McCarthy
Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy has warmly welcomed fresh tourism figures from the CSO today which show continued year-on-year growth for the Irish tourism sector. Deputy McCarthy said: “These figures show that positive growth patterns are emerging in most markets within the tourism sector. Visitor trips from mainland Europe, Britain, North America and other long-haul markets are all up, indicating that Ireland is fast regaining a firm foothold [...]
Legislation to give powers to require banks to pass on rate cuts needed – McCarthy
Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy has called on the Government to introduce legislation which would give more powers to the financial regulatory authorities to require state-owned banks to pass ECB interest rate reductions on to customers and to put in place meaningful penalties for banks that fail to comply. Deputy McCarthy said: “The ECB, when reducing interest rates, did this in the interest of people who are finding [...]
