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LAWLESS RAISES MAYNOOTH TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE DAIL

James Lawless TD raised the recent chronic traffic congestion in Maynooth town in the Dáil this afternoon

James asked the Tánaiste to ensure government prioritises work on the second motorway interchange.

James said, “This is one part of the puzzle in relieving pressures across the town which have brought traffic to a standstill of late.”

Raising Traffic Congestion in Maynooth with Tánaiste in Dáil

I raised the recent chronic traffic congestion in Maynooth town in the Dáil this afternoon and asked the Tánaiste to ensure government prioritises work on the second motorway interchange – this is one part of the puzzle in relieving pressures across the town which has been at a stanstill of late.

Posted by James Lawless TD on Thursday, October 3, 2019

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LAWLESS SPEAKS AT DEVOY SYMPOSIUM

“I was honored to be a speaker at this morning’s Kildare decade of commemorations symposium in honour of John Devoy and to join such distinguished company as RTE’s David McCullough on Dev, historian Liz Gillis on the “G-Men” as well as our own always excellent James Durney and Mario Corrigan. Well done to them as well as Cllr Padraig McLoughlin and his committee and all involved in putting the event together, just the latest in a wonderful series of events. My own talk focused on the politics of commemorations and how the present is sometimes shaped through the lens of the past.”

I was honored to be a speaker at this morning’s Kildare decade of commemorations symposium in honour of John Devoy and to join such distinguished company as RTE’s David McCullough on Dev, historian Liz Gillis on the “G-Men” as well as our own always excellent James Durney and Mario Corrigan. Well done to them as well as Cllr Padraig McLoughlin and his committee and all involved in putting the event together, just the latest in a wonderful series of events. My own talk focused on the politics of commemorations and how the present is sometimes shaped through the lens of the past.

Posted by James Lawless TD on Saturday, September 28, 2019

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JAMES LAWLESS : “IRISH RESEARCH IN CRISIS”

James tackled the Government in the Dáil today on the stagnation in Irish Research

James Lawless TD questioned the Government on the current state of Irish Research on the first day of the new Dail session . It has emerged that just one of more than 400 recently announced European Research Council grants has been awarded to Ireland.

James said, “Many stakeholders would agree that Research in Ireland is in crisis. The Government responded with the usual bluster but they cannot deny that changes brought in by Fine Gael and Labour in 2012 hindered Irish Research by directing funding away from discovery research. This is why I have introduced the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2018, which aims to achieve a better balance between discovery and commercial research.”

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LAWLESS WELCOMES PROGRESS ON HOSPITAL EXTENSION

James Lawless has welcomed news that essential funding has been provided for an extension to Naas Hospital

The HSE Capital Plan 2019 recently allocated funding to the long awaited extension of Naas Hospital. The new endoscopy, day procedures and oncology units can now progress to the design stage of the process.

James commented, “This summer the County Council extended the planning permission for this extension, which was originally granted in 2014, and it is good to see that concrete funding has finally been allocated to this much needed project. I have raised this matter over the past few years with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, and I will continue to follow up on this issue and ask that the extension proceed as quickly as possible following the 5 year delay.”

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LAWLESS BASHES BROADBAND PLAN

James Lawless was on Radio 1’s Today With Miriam discussing the National Broadband Plan

James said the government have managed to drive it 6 times over budget, 3 times over due, to 1/3 less houses and still plan at the end to give it all away to a private company.

James commented, “Yesterday’s report by the Communications Committee, of which I am vice chair, raises really serious concerns about the tender process and follows a majority Dáil vote, Department of Public Expenditure and the Public Accounts Committee in finding that this tender is way over price and over spec and risks wasting billions of taxpayers money to achieve what could be done much faster and cheaper.”

You can listen to James’ interview here