Autumn 2022 Newsletter

Autumn 2022 Newsletter

A chara, I hope you are keeping well and have had time to relax over the summer months. It has been a busy few months in my role as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, as many of these sectors enjoy their first high season without pandemic...
Spring 2022 Newsletter

Spring 2022 Newsletter

A chara, I hope you are keeping well. In my role as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, it has been a busy few months as we prepared to reopen these sectors in as safe and timely manner as possible, whilst continuing to provide support to...
The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

Cabinet today has approved The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, a set of new proposed laws that move us from an era of self regulation to where platforms will be held to account over online safety. This Bill incorporates the majority of the 33 recommendations...
Newsletter

Newsletter

A chara, I hope you are keeping well and are having a safe and enjoyable summer. Please find the pages of my Dublin Rathdown Newsletter below to read as a pdf. As the Covid-19 vaccination rollout ramps up and restrictions ease, we are cautiously bringing our society...
Gaeltacht Update

Gaeltacht Update

I’d like to update you on work being done for the Gaeltacht. Recently I announced that over €1.6m will go to Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta who support families wishing to raise children through Irish. There’s lots more work being done currently for the...
Dundrum Central Development Update

Dundrum Central Development Update

Many local residents and groups have been in touch with me over the last number of weeks regarding the Dundrum Central development, and the lack of meaningful engagement by the Land Development Agency in addressing their concerns in relation to the proposed height,...
End Period Poverty

End Period Poverty

According to research published by Plan International Ireland, 50% of Irish girls between the ages of 12 and 19, struggle to afford sanitary products. In 2019, The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus brought a motion on Period Poverty before the Dáil and the Seanad....