In their first private Member’s Time since being appointed to Seanad Éireann, Green Party Senators Deirdre de Búrca and Dan Boyle have used their Private Member’s time to call for full reform of the Seanad.
According to Senator de Búrca, many members of the public feel that the Seanad lacks power and they don’t really understand [...]

Green Party Senator, Déirdre de Búrca, says that Community Gardens in
County Wicklow need to be supported by both Wicklow County Council and by
other statutory and local bodies.
Senator de Búrca says that public interest in Community Gardens is growing
rapidly across the country as these gardens answer a need in local
communities for food grown locally and organically, [...]

Green Party Senator is a member of a Government Delegation attending the
Consistory Ceremony for the Creation of New Cardinals in Rome this weekend
to witness Archbishop Sean Brady’s creation as a Cardinal.
Senator de Búrca will accompany President Mary McAleese, Minister for
Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern and Deputy Noel Grealish as part of the Irish
Delegation
His Holiness Pope Benedict [...]

In this week’s Seanad Debate on the new ‘National Childcare Investment
Programme Community Childcare Subvention Scheme 2008-2010’ being introduced
by the Government, Green Party Senator Déirdre de Búrca has called for the
scope of the childcare funding scheme to be widened.
According to the Green Party Senator the new Community Childcare Scheme
will replace the previous programme which allocated funding [...]

Green Party Senator Déirdre de Búrca has criticised Wicklow County Council
for failing to include local heritage or environmental representatives on
the Greystones Harbour Liaison Committee.
According to Senator de Búrca she wrote to the the council’s Project
Manager, Mr Seán Quirke, several weeks ago to express her concern about the lack of specific heritage or environmental expertise on [...]