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‘State is failing to support vulnerable and homeless children’ – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 21st December 2019 0

All homeless children in Kilkenny and across the country must immediately be provided with full-time childcare, a local TD has said. Kilkenny Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out after Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone recently hosted the Open Policy Debate on Child Poverty in association with the Children’s Rights Alliance. Deputy Funchion, who is Sinn

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Childcare crisis: Growing fears Kilkenny créches will be forced to close in New Year

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2019 2

A short-term emergency fund is needed to cover the insurance crisis facing over a thousand créches to ensure their doors stay open in the New Year, a Kilkenny TD has said. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who is Sinn Fein’s children and youth affairs spokesperson, has warned childcare services in Kilkenny and across the country faces an […]

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Childcare crisis: Creche owners tell Kilkenny TD they will be forced to close before Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 17th December 2019 0

Creche owners have warned a local TD they will be forced to close their doors before Christmas because of the escalating insurance crisis. Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion today heavily criticised the Government’s “lack of urgency” in dealing with the crisis, which she described as “a tinder box waiting to erupt in the New Year”. Deputy […]

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Vital services for Kilkenny victims of domestic abuse at risk of closure

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2019 0

Essential services for Kilkenny people directly affected by domestic abuse could be closed for good without the necessary Government funding, a local TD has said. Deputy Kathleen Funchion raised the issue of the critical need for funding for the Amber Kilkenny Women’s Refuge in the Dáil this week. She told Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone that […]

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‘Most young people in Kilkenny can only dream of owning their own home’ – TD unveils plan to combat housing crisis

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Kilkenny County Council must be given back the power – and the resources – to tackle our deepening housing crisis, a local TD has claimed. Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out as she today unveiled a basic three-step plan to combat the chronic shortage of social and affordable housing in Kilkenny and Carlow. The Sinn Féin […]

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Relief for Kilkenny parents as Government grants local creches a reprieve on new fire rules

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2019 0

Kilkenny parents wondering if they would have childcare facilities to send their children to in the New Year can relax after the Government offered a reprieve to creches over new fire safety rules. Creches in Kilkenny were under pressure to have mandatory documentation in place by December 12, including obtaining fire certificates. The Government has […]

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Victims of abuse in Irish scouting ‘failed’ by State – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

A Kilkenny TD has called for an urgent public inquiry to be launched into Scouting Ireland in the wake of damning revelations made in a TV documentary. Sinn Féin Children and Youth Affairs spokesperson, Deputy Kathleen Funchion,  called for a public investigation, saying it is unacceptable Scouting Ireland has been allowed to investigate itself, and […]

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‘Class’ war of words erupts between rival Kilkenny-Carlow TDs

By Kilkenny Now 7th November 2019 0

KILKENNY Deputy Kathleen Funchion has launched a scathing attack on fellow constituency TD Pat Deering for making “classist” remarks during a live televised debate. Deputy Funchion also called on Leo Varadkar to “clarify” comments made by Carlow-Kilkenny TD Pat Deering (pictured below) on RTÉ’s Late Debate programme. “The remarks by

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PÁIDÍ MANNING: Battle stations! How Kilkenny’s General Election candidates are shaping up

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2019 0

WITH the prospect of a General Election looming in the New Year, PÁIDÍ MANNING assesses the chances of the 11 candidates who have so far decalred their intention to contest the Kilkenny-Carlow constituency. John McGuinness TD – Fianna Fáil There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and John McGuinness topping the poll. Micheál Martin […]

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REVEALED: Number of days Kilkenny TDs missed a vote while present in Dáil

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

Kilkenny TDs did not cast a vote in the Dáil chamber for a combined 107 days over the last three years, despite their presence being recorded in Leinster House at the time. The analysis of Dáil voting was compiled by RTÉ Investigates. It reveals the total number of days each TD was marked present in […]