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BLANCHARDSTOWN CHOSEN FOR CHILDREN’S URGENT CARE CENTRE The Government has chosen Connolly parents. It will be able to deal with Hospital in as one of minor injuries, respiratory complaints two locations for new Urgent Care and rashes, for example. Centres for sick children. The other The decision to locate one of will be in . These Urgent Care the Urgent Care Centres in Centres will operate as satellite units Blanchardstown makes a lot of of the new National Paediatric sense. and Dublin 7 are full Hospital due to be built on a of young families with children, and STAY UP TO DATE site near St James’s Hospital. Blanchardstown is easily accessible WITH IMPORTANT LOCAL NEWS! Emergencies will go to the from other parts of the city and Minister Varadkar and Senator Eamonn Coghlan You can follow me on the twitter new hospital and operations Co. Meath. Also, there is a lot of machine @campaignforleo pictured with local representatives and specialty clinics will be land around , so Maria Mc Grail and Philip O’Callaghan based there as well. It will planning permission and construction be one of the biggest and best should be relatively straightforward. Children’s Hospitals in Europe. The Unit is expected to open in The Blanchardstown and Tallaght about two years’ time. The decision IT BLANCHARDSTOWN TO JOIN units will be able to see children to locate the Urgent Care Centre in who do not need to be admitted to Blanchardstown is further evidence NEW TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY hospital, but who do need to see a of this Government’s commitment IT Blanchardstown has more than 5,000 part of a new Dublin Technological paediatrician right away. Most cases to the long-term development of our students and is the only third level University as part of the Government’s will be sent in by GPs or brought in by hospital. institution in Dublin West. The decision decision to modernise our third-level to build an Institute of Technology in sector. This would involve a merger with Blanchardstown was taken the last DIT - which is moving to - COUNCIL WORKS PROGRAMME FOR 2014 time that Fine Gael and Labour were in and with IT Tallaght, to form a new three- government back in the late 1990s. Since campus university. It will be able to award Foothpath Improvments: Avenue, Sheephill, Oakview, then ITB has grown dramatically and has its own degrees, attract more funding, Briarwood, Huntstown Lawn, Huntstown Way, developed some really excellent and research grants and post-graduate Huntstown Court, Dromheath modern facilities. The majority of students students. The legislation to enable this come from the West Dublin area and it has major reform is currently being drafted Road Surface Restoration: Littlepace Road, Blackcourt Road increased participation in higher education and should pass through the Dáil and among school leavers in the area. Seanad later this year. It is another really Hartstown Park: Entrance improvements, signage and planting Now, IT Blanchardstown could become promising move for our area. Ladyswell Park: Pitch improvements and planting

Ongar Roundabouts: Herbaceous and tree planting

Tyrrelstown Park: Playground, teenage area, playing pitches, cricket oval and signage

Corduff park: removal of boulders and general upgrade, tree planting

Tolka Valley Park: Entrance Upgrades and planting Minister Varadkar launching the new ITB bus service in Blanchardstown with ITB President Mary Meaney and Ken Hegarty Woodlands/Huntstown Lawn Open Space: improvement and lighting of the Smarter Travel Workplaces & Campus Team VARADKAR - Working for You in Dáil Éireann DUBLIN WEST UPDATE MINISTER LEO VARADKAR TD

ROYAL CANAL GREENWAY FOOTBALL The Government is developing a new greenway for walkers and cyclists along the from the City Centre to . Eventually, it will form part of a coast-to-coast greenway from Dublin to Galway. Some sections are already complete such as the one at Ashtown. Others are nearing completion including the section between Ashtown and . A total of €80,000 has been allocated to do detailed design work on the section between Castleknock and Clonsilla. This section, known as ‘the deep sinking’ is the trickiest part, as the canal is several metres below the towpath along this section. €30,000 TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER Minister Varadkar has allocated funds for minor works under the Low Cost Safety Improvements Scheme. These include: • €15,000 for an electronic speed reader - which shows the speed of approaching vehicles - will be installed at Church Road in Mulhuddart Village; Maria Mc Grail photographed with Minister Varadkar in FAI • €15,000 for an electronic speed reader to be installed at the entrance to St Catherine’s Park Headquarters on the in Blanchardstown. The near Lucan. FAI has begun work on their National Centre of Excellence in co- The projects are expected to be completed in 2014. As Minister for Transport, Leo is also responsible operation with the Dublin District Schoolboy League. for road safety. Experience tells us that reducing the number of deaths and injuries on our roads is all about education, enforcement and engineering. Engineering includes ensuring that our vehicles HANSFIELD STATION are safe through programmes like the NCT. But it also includes making changes to our roads, particularly the most dangerous spots.

Minister Varadkar pictured with SPORTS CAMPUS hockey players from The King’s Hospital on one of the new hockey pitches at the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown. A pavilion and a dozen all-weather pitches for soccer, Gaelic games, rugby and hockey are now available on site for athletes of all levels. The sods have been turned on Leo pictured with Philip O’Callaghan at the official opening the FAI and GAA training centres with of Hansfield Station. Passenger numbers are growing work expected to begin on the indoor steadily at Hansfield and more than 10,000 people have track and arena by the end of the year. used the station since it opened. THIS GOVERNMENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS Fine Gael has been in government for three years now. We haven’t got everything right and we have made mistakes. But enormous progress has been made and the country is now in a much better place than it was when we took office. is back on track and our prospects for the future are looking bright. Below is a list of some our achievements in government. We can achieve more again in the next two years. JOBS HEALTH (FAIR CARE) PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM • 60,000 more people at work than a year • More medical cards than ever before – 2 million • Croke Park Agreement replaced with Haddington Road • Thousands fewer public servants doing a lot more work ago • Medical cards for all under-sixes this year • 100 fewer State agencies and public bodies • Unemployment down to 12.3% from peak • Waiting times and numbers on trolleys down of 15% • MRSA infection rates at all-time low SOCIAL PROGRESS • Minimum wage restored THE ECONOMY, THE NEW POLITICS • Children’s Rights included in the constitution • Ban on Corporate Donations • Dedicated Child Protection Agency set up BUDGET AND THE BANKS • Gender quotas/more women in politics • No cut to basic weekly Social Welfare payments • First country to exit the Troika Programme • Whistle-blowers protected • New laws on Personal Insolvency and Bankruptcy • Bank Guarantee, Anglo, Irish Nationwide, • Lobbying regulated • New legislation on adoption/surrogacy IBRC, Promissory notes – all are now history • Referendum on marriage equality next year € • Fewer Ministers, Fewer Advisers – all are paid • Over 10bn recovered from banks already less, and fewer State cars in use • Trials of bankers underway; Public Banking • Fewer TDs from 2016 Inquiry to start soon • New and open public appointments process OTHER MATTERS • National Debt to start falling this year (as a • Successful EU Presidency • Stronger Oireachtas committees percentage of GDP) • Ireland’s reputation restored overseas • Fewer Councillors, Fewer Councils, More Local • Budget Deficit down from 30% to less than • Tourism recovery – best year since 2008 with The democracy 5% in 2014 Gathering 2013 • Constitutional Convention is reviewing the • No increase in income tax or USC as • Transport Construction resumed – Cross City, Constitution promised Newlands Cross • Bus route competition from 2016 Visit Leo Varadkar’s Website at www.leovaradkar.ie for more information on local news..... Below is short list of some of the improvements that have been made in Dublin West since the Fine Gael/ Labour Government took up office. It shows that even in tough times and with tight budgets, real progress MINISTER LEO VARADKAR TD LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS can be made. We plan to continue our work and get much more done for our area in the coming years.

HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE Gymnasium, Security Fencing € • St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh • MRI for Connolly Hospital up and running ( 1.5 • New bridge at Mulhuddart for flood relief € million) € GAA Club - 22,783, Playing Surface scheme ( 2 million) development (natural), Equipment • St Francis Hospice to open in 2014 (€1 million) • Sewerage network investment in € • Westmanstown Gaels/Garda GAA Club • Urgent Care Centre for children at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown ( 500,000) - €18,244, Goalposts to open in 2016 • St Mochta’s Football Club - €18,040, • Primary Care Centres due in Corduff (2015), and Equipment Road/Ashtown TOURISM • Tyrrelstown GAA Club - €5,000, • Restoration work underway at Shackleton Equipment Gardens (€413,000 from Government/) • Hartstown/Huntstown Football Club - EDUCATION €10,000, Dressing room • New secondary school at Luttrellstown Community College (open) • FAI Football League, Phoenix CYCLING/WALKING Park - €20,000 • New primary school at Mulhuddart National School • Ongar/Castaheany Cycleways completed – • National Deaf Sports and Leisure in Tyrrelstown (open) €1 million Centre, Navan Road – €100,000 • New primary school buildings at Scoil Bhride Boys, • New cycling/walking Greenway for Royal Blanchardstown Village (open) Canal from Ashtown to Castleknock (under • Renovated & improved all-weather pitch at Mulhuddart Community Centre (€58,000) • New primary school buildings at Scoil Bhride Girls, construction) Blanchardstown Village (open) • Planning underway to extend Royal Canal • De Paul Swimming Pool re-opening (€865,509 including matching funding from • New primary school at Blanchardstown West ETNS Greenway through ‘deep sinking’ section € Daughters of Charity) (open) between Castleknock & Clonsilla ( 80,000) • St Catherine Park facilities - work • New sports hall and classrooms at Castleknock underway on a BMX track, playground, Community College – (in progress) SPORT/AMENITIES fishing lake, dog run, new paths, benches • Extension to Scoil Choilm, Diswellstown • Sports Campus – multi-purpose all-weather and picnic tables, toilets and car parking. • New secondary school at Tyrrelstown/Mulhuddart (in community pitches opened, 19+ sport bodies • Hartstown Park all-weather and changing planning) based in new Sport HQ, equestrian arena, rooms (€300,000) • New school at Hansfield Community College (under and pentathlon training facility. GAA & FAI construction) expected to announce major projects at • New school at Powerstown ETNS, Tyrrelstown Campus soon. COMMUNITY PROJECTS • Extension and renovations to Mary Mother of Hope • A total of €130,000 in sports capital grants • €50,000 in capital funding for a new youth NS, Castaheaney (completed) for FAI Leinster Football League in Phoenix facility at Castleknock Community Centre in • New Gaelscoil an Chuilinn, Mulhuddart Park; National Deaf Sports and Leisure Laurel Lodge (in planning) • Roof repairs to Mount Sackville Convent Centre, Navan Road; and Canoeing Ireland. • €598,790 to local sports clubs under the Sports Capital Scheme for new pitches, ROAD SAFETY ROADS changing rooms, goalposts and other • New cycle lanes, pedestrian routes and • New vital N2/N3 link road completed (€24 million) essentials, broken down as follows: railings on Old Hansfield Road €( 250,000) • Mulhuddart Interchange upgrade completed to • Ongar Community Centre - €172,752, • New pedestrian crossing at Castlecurragh improve access to (€1.1 Sport and recreation all-weather (€35,000) million) community facility • New pedestrian crossing, • 17% increase in road maintenance & repair fund for • Coolmine Rugby Football Club - €159,045, Industrial Estate; Fingal in 2014 – (€4.5 million, up €670,000) Playing Surface development (natural), • Road safety projects, Westmanstown Road, Ratoath Road and Tower Road (€48,000) • Improvements to N3 at Clonee (new surface and Floodlighting € • New pedestrian crossing with traffic lights sound barriers) • St Catherine’s Park, Laraghcon - 48,000, € fitness training equipment at Snugborough Road ( 60,000) • New Toucan Crossing, Hansfield Road, • Castleknock Celtic FC - €11,163, Dressing Ongar (€45,000) PUBLIC TRANSPORT Room/Shower/Toilets, Equipment € • New footpath and crossing at junction of • Hansfield Station finally opened • John Paul II Park, Navan Road - 49,289, Luttrellstown Road and Somerton Lane in • New bridge underway at Reilly’s Level Crossing to general sports facilities and drainage Castleknock (€40,000) close level crossing works • New footpath to bus stop at Ladyswell € • Improvements to train stations on Maynooth Line. • Coolmine Gymnastics Club - 25,000, Road in Mulhuddart (€10,000) New shelters, seating areas, signs and information Equipment • Electronic speed control measures at displays at Castleknock and Coolmine; new parking • St Brigid’s GAA Club €40,328, Equipment, Church Road in Mulhuddart Village/St spaces, set down area and access points at Clonsilla. Goalposts, Hurling Wall, Security Fencing Catherine’s Park, Lucan (€30,000) € Information screens at all stations ( 2 million total) • Phoenix Cricket Club - €29,146, Playing • 37 bus route extended to Blanchardstown Centre surface development (synthetic), Dressing • Electronic RTPI information signs at 19 bus stops Room/Shower/Toilets, Equipment, across Dublin West • New bus service for Visit Leo Varadkar’s Website at www.leovaradkar.ie for more information on local news..... Message from Minister Varadkar Local Government Reform

We are in the middle of the biggest shake-up roads and harbours. For these reasons, the Local Elections on Friday, of local government since 1898. By June, the Crucially, tax-raising powers have been restored May 23rd are really important. You should number of local authorities will be reduced to local government. This was taken away make sure you are registered to vote. And no from almost 114 to just 31. And the number when domestic rates were abolished in 1977. It matter how you vote, you should give careful of councillors is being reduced from 1,627 to means that councillors will be able to increase consideration to how you use your vote. The 949. The role and functions of local councils or decrease the Local Property Tax (LPT) by up councillors you elect this year will still be in is also changing. Councils are losing control of to 15%. As 80% of the revenues raised from office in 2019. Let’s make sure they are good traditional functions like water and many have the LPT will go the council, they will have much ones who care about the community and will pulled out of waste collection. But they are also more control over their own budgets and how represent your interests on the council. gaining more control over things like enterprise your money is spent locally. They will continue and economic development, planning, local to strike rates for businesses.

YOUNG SCIENTISTS ARD FHEIS

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar TD at the BT Young Scientist event with Henrietta Andoh from Colaiste Pobail Setanta Dublin and her project ‘Does white bread mould faster than brown bread when both stored at different temperatures? If yes! Why?’ Leo pictured with Brian Hayes, the Minister of State for Finance (OPW) Also pictured is Peter Evans from BT Ireland. at the recent Fine Gael Ard Fheis.

Your local Fine Gael team in Mulhuddart working with Minister Varadkar: CLLR KIERAN DENNISON, MAYOR OF FINGAL MINISTER LEO VARADKAR Kieran represents the Mulhuddart Electoral Area Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, which includes Clonsilla, Clonee, Ongar, Corduff, Hartstown, Huntstown and Hollystown. 44 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 37A, Main Street, Ongar, Dublin 15 Phone: 01 604 1082 Email: [email protected] Constituency Office: 37A Main Street, Ongar, Dublin 15. Website: www.kierandennison.com Phone: 01 640 3133 Phone: 087 259 5949 Email: [email protected] Website: www.leovaradkar.ie LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES MULHUDDART Maria Mc Grail SENATOR EAMONN COGHLAN Email: [email protected] Seanad Éireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone: 085 2741 203 Email: [email protected] Website: www.finegael.ie/our-people/senators/eamonn-coghlan Philip O’Callaghan Phone: 01 618 3027 Email: [email protected] Phone: 083 1717 440

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