The LGMA, comprised of local authority management, seems more powerful that the Minister. He gives assurances and makes policies regarding retained fire fighters and water workers which the LGMA refuses to implement.
The effect of the moratorium on notices to terminate will be to preclude unintended/one-off landlords from renting out their homes in future. They will leave their properties vacant instead, making a bad situation worse.
No affordable home being constructed, or even currently planned, in Clare under Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme.
Independent Clare T.D. Michael McNamara says a decision on the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of the Burren Uplands and Holy Island (Inis Cealtra) on a new Tentative List of potential World Heritage Properties for Ireland will be made next month.
Read MoreIrish Water’s confirmation that the wastewater treatment plant in Kilmihil is to be upgraded will have significant environmental, social and economic benefits for the village, according to Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara.
Read MoreClare Independent T.D. Michael McNamara says a decision regarding the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of the Burren Uplands and Holy Island (Inis Cealtra) on a new Tentative List of potential World Heritage Properties for Ireland has been pushed back until June.
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Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has urged Clare County Council and the University of Limerick (UL) to engage fully and constructively with Limerick City and County Council and other regional interests in their bid to have the university campus in County Clare and its hinterland designated as an Economic Strategic Development Zone (SDZ).
Read MoreSimply moving data centres abroad to countries where they have a bigger carbon footprint isn’t a solution. I asked if the Government would engage with environmental NGOs & the tech giants based here to see how the growing demand for data storage can be slowed & sustainability met.
Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara has requested Darragh O’Brien TD. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the inclusion of Carrigaholt, Cooraclare and Doolin in a pilot scheme providing funding for infrastructure in rural villages that currently are outside Irish Water’s investment programmes.
Read MoreThe income limits for eligibility for social housing need to be changed to enable working families to apply in circumstances where obtaining a mortgage is beyond their reach.
We need to make sure that the powers proposed for the Land Development Agency cannot be abused.
Clare Independent T.D. Michael McNamara says the Government has commenced a process of engagement with Clare County Council over the potential extension of the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme to affected homes in Clare.
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Works to replace the old watermain from Miltown Malbay to Mullagh have commenced, according to Michael McNamara, T.D.
Read MoreClare Independent TD Michael McNamara says works to replace the old watermain from Miltown Malbay to Mullagh are scheduled to commence in early November.
Read Moresurrounds are now proceeding, having raised it with the previous Taoiseach as well as the previous Minister responsible for Irish Water, Eoghan Murphy TD and, on Sunday, with current Taoiseach’s officials and Minister, Darragh O’Brien TD, leading to him bringing forward the works yesterday.