Press Releases
"All buses must covert to bio-fuels", Fiona O'Malley TD
PD Deputy Fiona O'Malley says her Party will ensure all major bus operators convert their vehicles to biofuel. More details »
Ten per cent reduction in electricity bills is achievable - Fiona O'Malley TD
Progressive Democrats Energy spokeswoman, Fiona O'Malley, says we are paying too much for electricity because of the ESB's market dominance. More details »
The only Opposition in political history to implement health cutback - Fiona O'Malley
Stop lottery letters conning elderly
Scandal of overflowing recycling bins - Fiona O'Malley
O'Malley urges Roche to reverse delay on energy rating of new homes
Budget is environmentally sound and economically sensible - Fiona O'Malley
Electricity Regualtor's decision will lead to higher prices - O'Malley
Electricity prices could be reduced by 10 per cent - O'Malley
Government should cover cost of M50 toll for one week - O'Malley
Minister announces new scheme of Capital Grants for Arts and Culture Infrastructure
Article on Energy Security - Sunday Business Post 16th July 2006
Dublin Hospitals among most improved in Hygiene Audit says O'Malley
O’Malley: UK nuclear energy announcement shows need for Irish debate
O'Malley welcomes €300,000 boost for Dun Laoghaire
Work to begin on €76m wastewater treatment scheme - O'malley
Greens display 'paralysing allergy to reality' - O'Malley June 22nd 2006
O'Malley welcomes €1.4 million funding for disabled people in Dun Laoghaire
Good news for local bathers this summer - O'Malley
O'Malley rubbishes Fine Gael's 'protectionist energy stance
Forfá nuclear option is not right for ireland - O'Malley
Condoms should be 'zero-rated' in next Budget - O'Malley
O'Malley welcomes funding for Dun Laoghaire Institute
Ireland can become an exporter of energy - O'Malley
O’Malley urges Dubliners to use new medical card ‘ready-reckoner’ website
Minister must explain why Airtricity has been forced out of market - O'Malley
Labour shackled to rusty Statist economic policies
O'Malley welcomes refurbishment funding boost for 15 Dun Laoghaire schools
Fine Gael 'double-jobbing bad for politics - O'Malley
Labour all brass neck and backward policy on workers' rights - O'Malley
Progressive Democrats reject Labour’s attack on National Treatment Purchase Fund
Fiona O’Malley TD accuses Labour's Liz McManus of ‘ice cold contempt for real reform’ More details »
Progressive Democrats slam Fine Gael Fudge over Groceries Order
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has accused Fine Gael of hypocrisy on the Groceries Order. More details »
O’Malley praises residents for Tidy Towns’ win
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has paid tribute to local residents and businesses after Dalkey, Dun Laoghaire, and Sandycove all picked up awards in the 2005 Tidy Towns Competition, while Ballybrack was highly commended. More details »
ESRI Carbon Tax proposal rejected by the Progressive Democrats
The Economic and Social Research Institute’s proposal to introduce a Carbon Tax on fuels has been strongly rejected by the Progressive Democrats’ Energy spokesperson Fiona O’Malley. More details »
O’Malley calls for Dart closure to be lifted
Fiona O’Malley, Progressive Democrats TD for Dun Laoghire, is calling on CIE not to suspend weekend Dart services while the Festival of World Cultures takes place. More details »
Bishops’ decision a blow for women with crisis pregnancy – O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has expressed her disappointment at the decision of the Catholic Bishops to instruct Cura to stop issuing a leaflet produced by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA). More details »
‘Complacency surrounding the risks of HIV infection must be tackled’ – O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley is calling on the media, politicians, religious and social groups to unite in a bid to tackle the ignorance that still surrounds the dangers of HIV/AIDS and to target awareness campaigns at young women in particular. More details »
Climate change report proves serious Government action needed – O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley says today’s report by Met Eireann and UCD into Climate Change ‘offers clear proof that serious action by Government is needed if Ireland is to come anywhere close to meeting its Kyoto commitments.’ More details »
O’Malley to question Iarnród Éireann chiefs on Second Dart Closure
Progressive Democrats TD for Dun Laoghaire Fiona O’Malley is to challenge Iarnród Eireann chiefs to explain why they are again suspending weekend services on the southern Dart line, when they appear before this afternoon’s meeting of the Transport Committee. More details »
O' Malley welcomes funding for conservation projects in Dun Laoghaire
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed the news that Dun Laoghaire is to benefit from a number of conservation grants to the tune of €368,000. More details »
O’Malley presses for state commitment to wind energy
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley is urging the Taoiseach to ‘put money behind his words’ and embark on a programme of state funding to support the development of the wind energy sector in Ireland. More details »
Dun Laoghaire Redevelopment Plans completely inappropriate says O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has described plans by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to re-develop the baths site as ‘all wrong and wholly inappropriate.’ More details »
O’Malley welcomes funding for playgrounds and skateboard parks in Dun Laoghaire
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed today’s announcement that €60,000 is being made available to fund the provision of playgrounds by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. In addition, funding is also being made available for a new pilot scheme for skateboard parks. More details »
Spiralling fuel costs highlight need for Government action on bio fuels sector – Fiona O’Malley TD
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has today claimed that the only real and lasting solution to spiralling oil costs is for the Government to ‘get serious about its efforts to develop alternative fuel sources.’ More details »
O’Malley welcomes €27 million for Dun Laoghaire’s Local Authority Housing Programme
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed the announcement that €27 million is being made available for Dun Laoghaire’s local authority housing programme for this year. More details »
Opportunity for Dubliners to air concerns about the NCT says O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley is urging anyone who has a complaint to make about the National Car Test (NCT) to air their views at a public meeting on the issue in the Red Cow Hotel on the Naas Road More details »
O’Malley criticises Government inaction on renewable energy
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has this evening strongly criticised the Government for its failure to fully support and incentivise the development of renewable energy sources. More details »
Three Schools in Dun Laoghaire area given green light to progress says O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed the announcement that a number of schools in the Dun Laoghaire are have been given the green light to progress to the next stage of development. More details »
O’Malley welcomes funding for Dun Laoghaire
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has welcomed news that funding of over €100,000 is being made available to a number of community and voluntary groups that offer various support services to women in the Dun Laoghaire area, More details »
Mc Manus stance on nursing home charges represents Gross Hypocrisy - O'Malley
The Labour Party is being grossly hypocritical over the issue of public long-stay charges, says Progressive Democrats TD for Dun Laoghaire, Fiona O'Malley. More details »
O'Malley urges urgent action for Ireland to meet its Koyoto obligations
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has urged today (16th February) the Government to take urgent and innovative action so that Ireland can meet its Koyoto obligations. More details »
Hypocrisy of O'Snodaigh breathtaking says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has tonight branded Sinn Fein TD Aengus O' Snodaigh a 'hypocrite of the highest order.' More details »
Funding for roads in Dun Laoghaire
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council is to receive funding of €8.9 million for its road building programme in 2005, according to local Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley More details »
Mountwood Fitzgerald Project secures Childcare Grant of over €300,000 – O’Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed the announcement that Mountwood Fitzgerald Park Community Development Project in Dun Laoghaire has been awarded a grant of €308,309. More details »
'Rise in STIS serious wake-up call for Ireland' – O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has described latest figures showing a significant increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections as 'a serious wake-up call for Irish society and underlines the clear need for more comprehensive sex education programmes.' More details »
'Complacency surrounding the risks of HIV infection must be tackled' – O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley is calling on the media, politicians, religious and social groups to unite in a bid to tackle the ignorance that still surrounds the dangers of HIV/AIDS and to target campaigns at young women in particular. More details »
O'Malley renews call for cut in cost of condoms
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has today repeated her call for better promotion of sex education in schools, greater access to and availability of contraceptives, and either a removal or reduction in the VAT charged on condoms in the upcoming Budget. More details »
O'Malley renews call for emergency contraceptives to be made available without prescription
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has today repeated her call for emergency contraception to be made available across the counter without prescription – as is the case in other European countries. More details »
O'Malley calls on Cuffe to clarify Green's position on Carrickmines' Costs
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has called on Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe to categorically state who should foot the bill for the latest Carrickmines' court challenge. More details »
O'Malley slams Greens' call for taxpayer to foot the bill for latest Carrickmines' challenge
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has slammed the Green Party's call for the taxpayer to foot the bill for latest Carrickmines' High Court challenge More details »
'VHI Price Hike Shows Need for Greater Competition' - O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley today described the 3.8% hike by the VHI as 'proof positive of the need for greater competition in the health insurance market, and the sooner the better.' More details »
O'Malley backs calls for contraceptive services to be free of charge
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has backed the call by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency to make contraceptive services free of charge and to step up promoting the use of contraceptives among young people. More details »
Address by Fiona O'Malley T.D. at the MacGill Summer School
ADDRESS BY Fiona O'Malley T.D. AT THE PATRICK MacGILL SUMMER SCHOOL AND ARTS WEEK GLENTIES, CO. DONEGAL 20TH JULY 2004 TDs: Legislators or Messengers?' More details »
O’Malley welcomes funding for the Mountwood Fitzgerald Project
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O’Malley has welcomed the news that the Mountwood Fitzgerald Park Community Development Project in Dun Laoghaire has been awarded a grant of €127,500.00 More details »
'National Monuments Bill will finally solve the Carrickmines' mess' says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has welcomed the publication today of the National Monuments (Amendment) Bill which should finally pave the way for the completion of the M50. More details »
O'Malley challenges inaccuracies in National Women's Council Referendum Statement
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has challenged the veracity of a statement issued today by the National Women's Council of Ireland, which urges women to vote against the citizenship referendum More details »
'The wolves' clothes Sinn Fein sheep won't dare to wear' - Fiona O'Malley TD
'This week, we bought a Sinn Fein outfit in the Sinn Fein shop but why don't we see Sinn Fein candidates stepping out in these clothes? More details »
Portmarnock Golf Club bunkered for flouting Equal Status Act says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has welcomed today's seven-day sanction imposed on Portmarnock Golf Club for flouting the Equal Status Act through its men only policy. More details »
O'Malley Challenges Rabbitte on Vote Transfers
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has called on Labour Leader Pat Rabbitte to clarify whether a 'vote against the Government' includes a call to Labour voters to transfer to Sinn Fein in the upcoming elections. More details »
Remarks by Deputy Fiona O'Malley on the Health Reform Bill
People joke, how many people does it take to change a light bulb? But it is no joke to ask, how many people does it take to make policy for a health service? Certainly not 263. More details »
'Adams' comments on Sinn Fein/ IRA Links are the Real Sham' O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has called on the Sinn Fein President to launch an internal investigation into his own party, in order to identify which of its serving members are also members of the IRA. More details »
Need to stop the 'blame game' when it comes to obesity says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has sharply criticised what she describes as 'the farcical blame game' which has sprung up around the obesity debate. More details »
O'Malley backs calls for strict controls on Puppy farms
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley this evening backed a call by the ISPCA for legislation to be introduced to control the licensing of puppy farms. More details »
Portmarnock Golf Club in the bunker
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley says today's ruling by the Dublin District Court that Portmarnock Golf Club has breached the Equal Status Act through its men only policy shows that 'men-only clubs and organisations can no longer make the cut.' More details »
O'Malley Criticises Gross mismanagement in Orthodontic treatment
At today's meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee PD TD Fiona O'Malley criticised the shameful waste of public money in orthodontic treatment More details »
Action must be taken over Jackson Way claim says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley is today urging the Minister for Transport and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to establish if Jackson Way's claim for compensation was fraudulent and, if so, to immediately recover costs and seek compensation for the delay caused. More details »
Jackson Way revelations leave serious questions to be answered – O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has described as a 'public disgrace' yesterday's revelations by the Mahon Tribunal that Jackson Way appeared to have never actually owned the disputed lands at Carrickmines. More details »
O'Malley welcomes Merrill Lynch jobs announcement
Local Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has welcomed today's announcement that financial management company Merrill Lynch is to create up to 300 new jobs in Leopardstown over the next 3 years. More details »
O'Malley welcomes Carrickmines' ruling
Progressive Democrats TD for Dún Laoghaire Fiona O'Malley has welcomed today's High Court ruling on the M50. More details »
'Decision to extend section 481 film relief a wise and welcome move' says O'Malley
'Decision to extend section 481 film relief a wise and welcome move' says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has warmly welcomed the decision announced in today's budget to extend section 481 relief for the film industry until 2008. More details »
Minister Fahey's mouth goes one way, will his vote go another? asks O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley wonders if Minister Frank Fahy will stay true to his word and vote against the estimates More details »
Good news for the arts in the estimates says O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley says the 2004 Estimates contains some good news for the Arts Council and the sector as a whole More details »
O'Malley criticises incoherant sex education policy
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley claims Ireland's 'head in the sand' approach to sex education has come back to haunt us. More details »
O'Malley criticises Dart closure
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley has sharply criticised Iarnród Éireann following the announcement that it is to shut down the south-side part of the Dart service from Christmas Day until January 4th. More details »
O'Malley criticises health board members over 'clear conflict of interest'
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley today criticised the 8 health board members who have publicly stated their opposition to the smoking ban. The health board members, who are also involved in the pub business, want to see a compromise deal put in place, but deny that this constitutes a conflict of interest. More details »
'Politicians should lead by example in benchmarking' says Fiona O'Malley
Progressive Democrats TD Fiona O'Malley is calling for changes in Oireachtas work practices in return for benchmarking pay increases. In particular, Deputy O'Malley is proposing that the Dáil should take shorter breaks at summer and Christmas More details »
O'Malley Welcomes Dublin Jobs Boost
The new jobs are part of a €25 million overall investment by Enterprise Ireland in 10 companies across the state, resulting in the creation of 386 jobs over the next 3 years. The announcement was made today by Deputy O'Malley's party colleague the Tánaiste, Mary Harney TD. More details »