Dara Calleary TD

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It is a great honour to represent the people of Mayo. This website is a source of valuable news and information, and will keep you informed of my ongoing work on your behalf in Dáil Éireann.

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Latest News from Dara Calleary

Calleary calls for extra staff to tackle medical card delays

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has called for the immediate redeployment of civil servants to speed up the processing of medical card applications. Deputy Calleary has described the protracted delays as a disgrace, as thousands of seriously ill are left unable to pay their medical expenses as they wait for their cards to be renewed.
Garda Team in Anglo investigation has more than halved over last year – Calleary

Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary TD has expressed his concern at revelations that the number of gardaí involved in the Anglo investigation has more than halved in the last year.
Justice Minister ‘unable’ to count savings from garda station closures – Calleary

The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has claimed he is unable to identify the cost of running any of the garda stations that he is now planning to shut down. In reply to Parliamentary Questions from Fianna Fáil Justice Spokesperson Dara Calleary, Minister Shatter said the costs are maintained at a district level, so he [...]
Cuts to rural schools must be opposed

Rural schools in the west of Ireland must be protected from the draconian and unbalanced cuts being proposed by the Fine Gael/Labour Government.
Guidance Counsellor cuts will have negative effect – Calleary

Mayo Fianna Fáil T.D. Dara Calleary has issued a stark warning about the consequences for local secondary schools as a result of Government cuts in Career Guidance and Counselling as announced in the Budget on December 6th. “I believe that this decision will not only lead to the end of the Guidance Counselling profession but [...]
Summer Works Scheme not proceeding

MAYO Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has expressed his disappointment after the Minister for Education & Skills Ruairi Quinn confirmed that the Summer Works Scheme will not be proceeding in 2012.
Government is again tripped up by Shatter’s ‘spin first’ approach

The Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that the Personal Insolvency Bill to reform our bankruptcy laws will not be published until April, despite his colleague Alan Shatter grabbing headlines today by claiming it would be published next week
Calleary defends Sacred Heart Hospital

THE recently published HIQA Report which criticised elements of the service provided by the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar must not be used by the Government as a stick with which to beat the facility.
Just one Mayo school project earmarked for 2012

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has welcomed the announcement that the proposed extension and refurbishment of Our Lady’s Secondary School in Belmullet has been given the go-ahead to proceed to construction next year. “I am delighted for the management, staff, students and parents of Our Lady’s Secondary School who have worked hard to [...]
Mental Health Service User let down

Mental Health service users in Mayo are being abandoned and let down by the HSE and the Government with two psychiatric units in the county due to close in February next year.