Green Party European Affairs spokesperson Senator Deirdre de Burca has welcomed the European Parliament’s approval of the Harlem Désir report on the directive for temporary agency workers.
Senator de Burca who is the Green Party’s candidate for Dublin for the European elections next year said: “I welcome that the European Parliament has approved a directive that [...]

Green Party Senator and European candidate, Deirdre De Burca, has expressed concern at a move by Dublin Bus to suspend bus services to University College Dublin after 8.30PM.
 
The move by Dublin Bus comes following a number of incidents of antisocial behaviour culminating in an attack on a Dublin Bus Inspector.
 
Senator De Burca said, [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:   I welcome Ms Day to the sub-committee and thank her for her presentation. She mentioned that the provisions of the Lisbon treaty would have brought increased coherence to and improved the capacity of the EU for external action. Does she feel that one of the difficulties in terms of getting public support [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:   I welcome the Minister of State to the sub-committee. He made reference in the discussion to the provisions of the Lisbon treaty that would have given national parliaments greater power to scrutinise decision making at a European level, and monitoring the subsidiarity principle. That is very true and many people regret the [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:   I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, to the House and the opportunity to make a statement on the provision of child care services.

There is little disagreement in the House that a considerable challenge faces this country in terms of developing a quality child care infrastructure, but there is a [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:   I thank Senator Mullen. I welcome the delegation to our Parliament and thank them for their very interesting presentation. I commend the representatives on their excellent system of parliamentary scrutiny of EU affairs. When we had a speaker here from the House of Lords select committee on EU affairs, he described how [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:   I welcome Mr. Rellis and thank him for his presentation. It is clear from his presentation that he believes Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty will call into question its attractiveness for future investment by American multinationals. He spoke of the need for certainty and minimising risks from the viewpoint of international [...]

Green Party Senator and European candidate, Deirdre De Burca, has expressed concern at a proposal from energy company Eirgrid to bring a UK-Ireland high-voltage electricity cable ashore near Rush.

The aim of the interconnector cable is to improve security of electricity supply to Ireland, facilitate growth in renewable energy sources and increase competition between Irish [...]

Green Party Senator and European candidate, Deirdre De Burca, has welcomed plans from Dublin City Council to make Capel Street an Architectural Conservation Area.

This move by the council is an attempt to preserve the traditional Georgian buildings on Capel Street. Under the conservation status, shop owners must seek permission from the council before they [...]

Following a meeting of the Green Party Parliamentary Party today, Green Party spokesperson on Health, Deirdre de Burca said: “The party is critical of the way in which changes to the over 70s medical card system were planned and communicated. This has caused unnecessary distress and confusion amongst our older people and their families. We [...]