Below is the video of my speech made in the Dáil today during the Motion of No Confidence in Táoiseach Brian Cowen. You can read the text of the speech further below.

Yesterday I spoke in the Dáil on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisons) Bill 2010. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the dissolution of Saint Luke’s Hospital Board in Rathgar, Dublin 6 and the transfer of its employees, assets and liabilities to the Health Service Executive. I have used St. Luke’s in the past [...]

A report in this week’s Irish Times that universities will have to face further cuts in their budgets is disappointing but unsurprising. The government’s higher education strategy is in complete disarray because of the massive economic crisis Ireland is currently experiencing. Funding has been repeatedly yet the number of students is still growing, particularly as [...]