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MURPHY SLAMS SOCIAL WELFARE APPEALS SYSTEM FOR PUTTING PEOPLE “THROUGH THE RINGER” AS APPEALS RISE BY 75% BETWEEN 2009 & 2010
Press Release 18th May 2011 Social Welfare Appeals last year rose by 75% from 10,027 in 2009 to 17,499 in 2010 across a spectrum of 32 categories of benefit…
MURPHY EXPRESSES “DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT” AT THE GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO RESTORE SNA POSTS TO ST RAPHAELS SCHOOL CELBRIDGE
Press Release 11th May 2011 TD highlights St Raphaels case as indicator of how national expenditure cuts will target the most vulnerable in Irish society Kildare North TD Catherine…
MURPHY EXPRESSES “DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT” AT THE GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO RESTORE SNA POSTS TO ST RAPHAELS SCHOOL CELBRIDGE
Press Release 11th May 2011 TD highlights St Raphaels case as indicator of how national expenditure cuts will target the most vulnerable in Irish society Kildare North TD Catherine…
Blank Cheque For Banks Spells Bleak Future For Children With Special Educational Needs
Independent Councillors Padraig McEvoy and Catherine Murphy have challenged the notion that education has been exempted from recent budgetary cutbacks as was claimed by the Green Party in…
€5.7m Needed to Fund Applications for Government/Council Disabled Schemes in Kildare
At a recent meeting of Kildare County Council Cllr Catherine Murphy was informed that the 500 plus applicants for Housing Adaptation-Mobility Aids and Essential Repair Grants for 2009…
Disabled Grants on Hold Until After April Budget
Cllr Catherine Murphy has been advised by a Department of the Environment & Local Government that Local Authorities will have to wait until after the April budget before…
500 Kildare Housing Adaptation Grants Now On Hold – Murphy
In a statement Cllr Catherine Murphy revealed that more than 500 applicants to Kildare County Council for Housing Adaptation – Mobility Aids & Essential Repairs Grant’s, made in 2008, …
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