A Kilkenny TD has urged her constituency colleagues to back a motion to give greater resources to the country’s ambulance service. Deputy Kathleen Funchion says the Sinn Féin Dáil motion today would deliver “an urgent review of ambulance resources” to ensure it is properly funded and has enough staff. The Carlow-Kilkenny TD said: “Sinn Féin’s […]
A local TD has expressed alarm at the “collapse” in dental services in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow over the last two year. Deputy Kathleen Funchion warned the problem has now reached “crisis point” and waiting lists for dental and orthodontic treatments soar and dentists drop out of medical card scheme in record numbers. The Carlow-Kilkenny […]
Soaring waiting lists at Kilkenny’s main hospital is not a result of Covid-19, a local TD has said. Deputy Kathleen Funchion criticised Taoiseach Micheál Martin for suggesting the pandemic is to blame for spiralling hospital waiting lists. Examining figures for waiting lists locally and nationwide, the local Sinn Féin TD argues the major rise in […]
A local TD has called for an end to the practice of schools asking for “voluntary donations” from hard pressed parents. Deputy Kathleen Funchion called on the Government to “take action” on voluntary donations, which she said are placing unfair financial pressure on families. The party published legislation this week that would prevent families
A Kilkenny TD has urged the Government not to cut the pandemic payment from next week. Carlow-Kilkenny TD spoke out after recently published figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed 2,337 people in the city and county are still receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. The Government has announced it will cut the payment from […]
Kilkenny’s main hospital badly needs new investment as waiting lists soar to over 20% on the same period last year, according to a local TD. Carlow-Kilkenny Deputy Kathleen Funchion said local patients “are waiting longer than ever” to receive care and that our ailing health service is now at “crisis point”. The local Sinn Féin […]
A local TD is urging all parties to support a new Bill to ban rent increases for three years. Carlow-Kilkenny Sinn Féin Deputy Kathleen Funchion has called on all TDs to support her party’s proposal to prohibit rent increases for all existing and new tenancies for three years. Deputy Funchion said: “The Sinn Féin Bill introduced […]
From medical staff on the frontline to the mothers of vulnerable children struggling to care for them at home, every aspect of women’s lives has been impacted by the lockdown. But writing in KilkennyNow.ie, Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion says much more needs to be done to address inequality in our society as we emerge from […]
A local TD who heads up an inflential Dáil committee has said the latest controversy over the Mother and Baby Homes inquiry must not be allowed to delay redress for survivors. Deputy Kathleen Funchion was speaking after the three members of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission rejected calls for them to appear before the […]
A Carlow-Kilkenny TD has called on the Mother and Baby Homes commissioners to “urgently” appear before the Oireachtas Children’s Committee. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who heads up the Dáil committee, spoke out after it emerged one of the commissioners who headed up the inquiry, Professor Mary Daly, took part in a Oxford University discussion about the […]