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CIARA CONWAY TD WORKING FOR WATERFORD Education Ciara Conway T.D. - Delivering for the Déise FUNDING BOOST TO FINISH WIT SPORTS COMPLEX Carriganore Sports Complex at WIT will be completed by June thanks to an extra €2.1 million in funding from the Department of Education. A total of €12.1 million has now been issued to Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) to buy the Manor Village student accommodation development and to finish work on the completion of the Sports Complex and Conference centre. This is great news as the facilities will be of huge benefit to both Waterford IT as well as being a boost for the local economy allowing Waterford to host large conferences. The loan will be repaid by WIT over a long term annual charge. EDUCATION MINISTER VISITS CAPPOQUIN, KILMACTHOMAS, DUNGARVAN AND ABBEYSIDE The Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan had a busy day in County Waterford recently visiting a number of schools with local Labour T.D. Ciara Conway . A jam-packed day of engagements began in Cappoquin at Bunscoil Gleann Sidheáin where the Minister turned the sod on the new Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) unit which has received funding from the Department of Education. Minister O’Sullivan performed the official opening of the extension at St John’s Special School in Dungarvan. Department funding helped to build a new sensory room, classrooms and a physio area for students. The Minster also visited St Mary’s Primary School Dungarvan which recently marked 25 years with the opening of a new preschool ASD unit. A warm ‘Céad Míle Fáilte’ was extended to Minister O’Sullivan and Ciara Conway in the new assembly hall at Scoil Gharbháin in Duckspool Abbeyside. Elsewhere, Minister O’Sullivan made history by being the first Minister for Education to visit a school in Kilmacthomas. Principal Sheila Creed and her staff and Board of Management were delighted to give the Minister and Ciara a tour of the building work that is currently underway after the school was approved for funding under the pre-fab replacement scheme. SOD TURNING ON GAELSCOIL PHILIB BARÚN Work is underway on Gaelscoil Philib Barún in Tramore. Ciara Conway was key to securing support for this project from the Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan, and was delighted to announce last year that the school had been added to the school building project list. BUDGET 2016 – EDUCATION MEASURES Education is the most important investment we can make and Budget 2016 had lots of positive developments for education. These include: Smaller average classes introduced at primary level. Labour in 3 Government has reduced class sizes - back to the smallest class sizes we have ever had. Under Budget 2016 average class sizes go from 28 down to 27. In total 2260 additional teachers will be provided in primary and 3 post-primary schools as part of Budget 2016. MOUNT SION ALL WEATHER PITCH OPENING The new teaching posts at post-primary level will reduce the pupil- Ciara Conway T.D. is pictured here at the official opening of the All teacher ratio from 19 to 1, to 18.7:1 for most schools, and from Weather Pitch at Mount Sion Primary School in Barrack Street. Ciara 3 helped secure funding for the project through the Sports Capital 18.25 to 1, to 17.95 to 1 for disadvantaged schools. grant. DiD you know? More than €38 million was provided for major school building and modernisation projects in Waterford between 2011 and 2015. Some Recent Education projects in Waterford include: I Gaelscoil na nDeise in Carrickpherish I New classrooms at Scoil Mhuire, Abbeyside I An extension at Christchurch N.S. I ASD unit in Cappoquin Primary School I Refurbishment at Newtown Junior School I Extension to St John’s Special School I A new secondary school, Ardscoil na Mara in Dungarvan Tramore I Work is underway on a permanent school I New classrooms at Kilmacthomas Primary School building for Gaelscoil Philib Barún in Tramore Community Ciara Conway T.D. - Delivering for the Déise CONWAY CONTINUES TO CAMPAIGN FOR 24/7 CARDIOLOGY People in Waterford and across the South East need access to a fully DESIGN TEAM AND FUNDING FOR ST functioning Cardiology service that is available 24 hours a day. I have PATRICK'S HOSPITAL CNU continued to call for this service to be Funding for a 100 Bed Community Nursing Unit on the grounds of St Patricks prioritised through the my work on the Hospital Waterford has been ring-fenced under the new Capital Plan. Oireachtas Health Committee in the A design team has been appointed and all going well work will begin onsite in the Dáil . Autumn. This facility is much needed to provide residential and rehabilitation services A second Cath lab is needed and we to older people in Waterford and it will cost around 20 million euro. need to have a full staff of consultants and staff to keep this operational. FREE GP CARE I will be continuing to demand action on Anyone who is over 70 and who does not already have a medical card or GP visit card this issue until we get the services we can now sign up for free doctor’s visits. The provision of free GP care to those over 70 deserve. was a key focus for Labour’s Minister for Primary Care, Kathleen Lynch, and builds on the recent successful launch of free GP care for under 6’s. Free health care for under 12’s was announced in Budget 2016 and this is will be subject to negotiations with the IMO. PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED FOR POWER TO THE DUNGARVAN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE PEOPLE – EIRGRID The go-ahead has been given to build a Primary Care Centre on the grounds of St Josephs’ Community Hospital in Dungarvan. All going to plan the centre should be ready early in SCRAP PYLON PLAN 2017. According to Ciara Conway T.D. “The idea of a Primary Health Care Centre is that you would have a team of healthcare experts all under one roof. So, your GP, nurses, Ciara Conway has welcomed the news physio, occupational therapist and so on would all be in the one building. This is part of the that Eirgrid has decided to change the Programme for Government plan to provide a one-stop-shop for healthcare.” controversial Gridlink project which was to see a 400 v overhead power line run from Cork to Kildare, with the possibility NEW TENANT PURCHASE SCHEME FOR of many of the lines running through the EXISTING LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES Comeraghs in West Waterford. “We need a safe and reliable power Ciara Conway and Cllr John Pratt are supply now and into the future – but the welcoming the new tenant purchase scheme gridlink project was hugely controversial which came into effect on January 1st. in West Waterford – so I’m glad to see This scheme will encourage tenants to stay in that Eirgrid have taken on board our their homes and help build sustainable concerns and have planned to adopt new communities. Giving local authority tenants technology to carry the supply,” said the opportunity to become homeowners is an Ciara Conway T.D. “We can still get the issue that we have flagged continuously and power we need without disrupting we have raised this matter continuously with communities or impacting on our Minister Alan Kelly. landscape.” CE SCHEME MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS WATERFORD Did you know..? Ciara Conway helped secure a CE Scheme for Tramore and as a result there are now 31 people working on the scheme all over town including at the National Lifeguard Traning Centre, at the Lafcadio Hearn Gardens, on Tidy Towns, in the Tourist Office, in Club Music and in TCRFM. In Mount Mellary, the new hall is widely used by the community for a range of activities and Tús workers are key to running the facilities. The hall has been refurbished by means of a LEADER Loan. A key fundraiser to service the loan is the ‘Winter Wonderland ‘weekend. A local forest walkway is completely transformed by Tús workers into a Christmassy spectacle and the whole community is involved in running the very successful event. Minister Kevin Humphreys, Ciara Conway TD and Cllr John Pratt are pictured here after a very enjoyable visit to the Mellary Community Hall. TÁNAISTE TURNS SOD ON GIY HEADQUARTERS An Tánaiste Joan Burton officially turned the sod on the headquarters for the ‘Grow it Yourself ‘ movement in Waterford City recently. This will be the base for the worldwide movement which was started in Waterford by Michael Kelly. The centre will support 12 jobs and will lead the way in encouraging and educating people as to the benefits to growing your own fruit and vegetables. Employment Ciara Conway T.D. - Delivering for the Déise STANDING UP FOR WORKER’S RIGHTS The increase in the minimum wage to €9.15 came into effect in January and will benefit low paid workers. Collective bargaining legislation and the living wage campaign are another two initiatives from this Government that were driven by Labour. Labour in Government have consistently delivered and will continue to deliver on workers' rights. BUDGET 2016 I Increase in Minimum Wage to €9.15 came in effect in January. I Reduction in USC. I New tax credit for self employed. MINISTER FOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DUNGARVAN Minister for Rural Economic Development, Ann Phelan visited Dungarvan at the invitation of Ciara Conway T.D. She is pictured at the Dungarvan Brewing Company. STANDING UP FOR PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS I Most public sector workers will gain €2000 over next two years.

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