O’Mahony calls for courageous and radical measures to get people back to work in the construction industry
March 30, 2009
With unemployment rates in the construction industry at an all time high, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’ Mahony has suggested that courageous and radical measures need to look at to get people back to work.
O’Mahony encourages sporting clubs to apply for funding
March 30, 2009
MAYO Fine Gael TD and the party’s spokesman on sport, John O’Mahony, is calling on all sports clubs and organizations in Mayo to apply for funding under the Special Participation Initiatives Grant Scheme.
FG €11bn/100,000 Jobs Stimulus Plan will help cut Mayo’s 10489 People on the Live Register
March 27, 2009
Fine Gael launched its €11bn stimulus plan to kick start the Irish economy and generate 100,000 jobs over the next four years. The plan involves a targeted series of large scale investments in green energy power generation, telecoms and broadband roll-out and an upgrading of all our water distribution and treatment networks. The ambition of the Party is to turn Ireland in to the most competitive and sustainable economy in Europe.
Government & IDA let Mayo down in job creation O’Mahony
March 26, 2009
MAYO Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, has learned that in the three year period between 2006 and 2009 seven prospective investors have visited Mayo as a result of IDA representation while just one company has made a return visit in that same period. Deputy O’Mahony has also learned that the potential investors represented the medical technologies, ICT, International Service and the pharmaceutical sector. To date, no investment has resulted from these visits.
Government motto “Do as I say, not as I do” this Government is not willing to take the lead – O’Mahony
March 26, 2009
Speech by Fine Gael Mayo Deputy John O’Mahony TD on Fine Gael’s private members’ motion Dáil Éireann, Wednesday 25th March 2009
O’Mahony calls on Minister to immediately make funds available to pay REPS 4 to Mayo Farmers
March 25, 2009
Only 10% of Mayo Farmers have received their REPS 4 Payment
MAYO Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony has hit out at what he has described as the ‘abject failure’ of the Government to live up to their responsibilities to the farming community in Mayo over their failure to pay money due to farmers in the county under the REPS 4 scheme.
O’Mahony gets reassurances in relation to overcrowding at Social Welfare Offices
March 23, 2009
THE queuing difficulties faced by people signing on the Live Register in Mayo have been raised in the Dáil by Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony. Deputy O’Mahony has called on the Department of Social Welfare to extend their policy of opening up extra hatches in office and re-organising signing times to all offices in the county to deal with any problems.
165 incidents committed by people in Mayo while on bail – O’Mahony
March 20, 2009
MAYO Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, has learned that 165 incidents were recorded in Mayo last year when the suspected offender was on bail. The figure is a slight reduction on 2007 but an increase on 2006 when the number of incidents recorded were 156.
17,081 Mayo Students can benefit from FG ‘No Fees’ 3rd Level Reform O’Mahony
March 19, 2009
Fine Gael today ruled out the introduction of 3rd Level College fees and said that a new Graduate PRSI contribution scheme would raise in the region of €500m per year for the 3rd level sector. The new scheme proposed by Fine Gael would allow for the abolition of college registration fees and see new entrants to college, after graduation, make a contribution through the PRSI system to the value of 30% of the cost of their college education. These funds would be ring fenced for the 3rd level sector.
O’Mahony launches his new website
March 13, 2009
MAYO Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony has launched his own website – www.johnomahony.ie. Following on from the success of his texting service initiative and his pre-election slot on You Tube, the Mayo TD has now decided to launch his own dedicated website.