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Kevin Humphreys TD
LOCAL NEWS Working with Cllr. Gerry Ashe Ringsend, Irishtown & Stella Gardens
FLOOD WALL CONCERNS The recent winter storms and tidal surge showed the importance of the Dodder flood walls. During the high tide water started leaking through a section of the wall and pavement. We brought this to the immediate attention of the Council and sand bags were deployed. I know this was an anxious time for residents. Cllr Gerry Ashe tabled an emergency motion at the last City Council meeting and I raised it in the Dáil Kevin & Cllr Gerry Ashe on Fitzwilliam Quay beside with the Minister for the Stella Gardens OPW Brian Hayes. Investigations are underway, and we will be asking that any repair work that is needed is carried out as a matter of urgency. If you have any concerns please don’t hesitate to contact myself or Cllr. Gerry Ashe on gerry.ashe@dublincity.ie or 087 295 9571.
Ringsend Advice Centre Every Thursday at 8pm
Winter 2014
EXPANSION OF DUBLIN BIKES UNDERWAY The first of 58 new Dublin bikes stations opened recently beside the Convention Centre and more opened during December in our area on Fenian St, Kevin at the recent launch of a new Mount St lower Dublin Bikes station & Grattan St. New stations are also planned in our area with three for Grand Canal Dock, along with rental spaces on Barrow St & South Dock Street. I was delighted to work with the Labour group on Dublin City Council, of which Cllr. Gerry Ashe is a member, to introduce this hugely successful scheme, while Labour in Government secured €5.2 million from the National Transport Authority towards this work. By next summer there will be over 100 stations, and 1,500 bikes for users. Further information is available on my website www.kevinhumphreys.ie under the tag ‘Dublin Bikes’
HIRING OF GARDAÍ UNDERWAY – SOUTH EAST AREA JPC Recruitment is now underway for between 250 & 300 new Gardaí for the first time in many years. See public jobs.ie for more info. This is welcome news, and a further sign of how we are moving Ireland out of the bailout and the moratorium on public sector recruitment. Of benefit to the Ringsend/South Lotts area is the news that two community Gardaí will be on patrol in 2014 while the number of staff in the Garda Vetting Unit has been doubled. Both Kevin and Cllr Gerry Ashe are members of the South East Area Joint Policing Committee (JPC) and if you have any concerns about crime or policing in general please let us know as we can raise these directly with local officers. I recently posted up some crime prevention tips on my facebook page – keep an eye on it for further local news and updates.
Two Community Gardaí secured for Ringsend/South Lotts area
KEVIN HUMPHREYS TD
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Kevin Humphreys
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PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR NEW SCHOOL ON HADDINGTON ROAD Both Kevin and Cllr Gerry Ashe have welcomed the news that the Department of Education and Skills has applied for planning permission for a new 24 classroom primary school on the site of the former St Mary’s Secondary School at the junction of Haddington Road and Haddington Place.
Drawing showing proposed new school building on Haddington Rd
Kevin outside St Mary’s Secondary School which is to be demolished for new school
EDUCATION INVESTMENT FOR THE DOCKLANDS
This is to cater for the increased demand for school places in the area. When complete St Brigid’s NS and St Marys BNS will be housed in the new building, which is part of the ambitious school building programme being led by Minister Ruairi Quinn. If you have any concerns get in touch with myself or Cllr Gerry Ashe. Further information and plans are posted on my website www.kevinhumphreys.ie
CONTACT YOUR LABOUR TEAM If you, your family or community group has any issue on which we can help just pick up the phone or give us a call. Always available to provide advice, assistance and advocacy.
The Docklands area stands to benefit from up to €2 million for investment in early intervention for children to boost educational outcomes. The Early Learning Initiative, based in the National College of Ireland has been successful in its application for inclusion in the Area Based Childhood (ABC) Kevin at the launch of the ABC programme. They Programme in NCI Docklands already run a number of successful schemes such as the Parent Child Home Programme (PCHP).
INITIATIVE TO PREVENT DOG FOULING
Our area was selected as one of the nine to enter the design stage of the ABC Programme. A total of 50 proposals from around the country were evaluated and I am delighted that the hard work of the Early Learning Initiative team, supporters and helpers in the community paid off.
Many residents have continually raised with Kevin and Cllr Gerry Ashe the problem of people not cleaning up after their dogs. Following many queries from all of us, Dublin City Council has a campaign underway to tackle dog fouling. Full details on what is being done in our area is listed on my website at http://www.kevinhumphreys.ie/local-news/initiativeto-prevent-dog-fouling/
Kevin with Cllr. Gerry Ashe & Cllr Maria Parodi at a recent community meeting
Working with your Local Labour Team
Kevin Humphreys TD Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Phone: 01 618 3224 Email: kevin.humphreys@oir.ie Web: www.kevinhumphreys.ie khumphreystd
Ruairi Quinn TD 01 618 3434 minister@education.gov.ie
Emer Costello MEP 01 874 6109 emer.costello@europarl.europa.eu
Cllr Dermot Lacey 087 264 6960 dermot.lacey@labour.ie
Cllr. Maria Parodi 087 682 1420 maria.parodi@dublincity.ie
Cllr. Gerry Ashe Phone: 087 295 9571 Email: gerry.ashe@dublincity.ie