One Year On: Housing for All in Carlow-Kilkenny
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Recent news & updates
Here, you'll find updates on my progress as Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform and T.D. for Carlow-Kilkenny. Click on the categories below to filter my posts for the issues you're interested in.
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Malcolm Noonan
- Jul 14
Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund launched by Minister Noonan
Today we launched Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund to assist in refurbishing vacant properties for families to live in. The Fund will benefit...
Malcolm Noonan
- Jun 16
Senator David Norris honoured by Minister Noonan
What a wonderful occasion in the Dáil today as we honoured one of our longest serving senators, David Norris, with a portrait in the main...
Malcolm Noonan
- Feb 4
#TownCentresFirst policy launched with Minister Noonan
Major new strategy to tackle vacancy, combat dereliction, and breathe new life into town centres Network of Town Regeneration Officers to...
Malcolm Noonan
- Jan 22, 2021
93 Carlow and Kilkenny social homes have been refurbished and are back in use
Brilliant news today from Darragh O'Brien TD that via the Voids Stimulus Programme 93 social homes across Carlow and Kilkenny have been...
Malcolm Noonan
- Nov 14, 2019
Green Party critical of ‘anti-democratic’ Planning Bill
Party claims Housing and Planning Development Bill harks a return to the dark days of unsustainable planning The Green Party has...
Malcolm Noonan
- Oct 28, 2016
Noonan’s proposal for City bus service run by cow manure is supported by Council
A novel proposal to turn cow manure into a gas to power a fleet of city buses has been unanimously supported by members of Kilkenny...
Malcolm Noonan
- Feb 23, 2016
Duncan Stewart speaking in Kilkenny
Broadcaster and environmentalist Duncan Stewart speaking in Kilkenny, on Saturday 20th February in support of Malcolm Noonan, Green Party...
Malcolm Noonan
- Feb 2, 2016
How heritage led regeneration can act as an economic driver for our towns and villages
Speech to Green Party Convention 2016 Our towns and villages have historically been the anchors of a rural hinterland. For centuries they...
Malcolm Noonan
- Jan 4, 2016
Greens propose catchment management and sustainable land use planning approach to flood relief.
Greens propose catchment management and sustainable land use planning approach to flood relief. Flood relief schemes for individual towns...
Malcolm Noonan
- Dec 3, 2015
Waterford Boundary Review has more to do with expediency than achieving efficiency – Green Par
Speaking following a public meeting in south Kilkenny last night, Kilkenny Green Party Councillor and Spokesperson for Environment,...
Malcolm Noonan
- Oct 19, 2012
Community Participation Proposals in Local Government Reform have merit but are meaningless without
‘Meaningful community participation in local decision making does however require having the right resources. I don’t see how the...
Malcolm Noonan
- Nov 26, 2009
Plans for Bridge and Access Scheme should now be scrapped
Following the decision by An Bord Pleanala to refuse planning for a major retail development at the former Mart site in Kilkenny City,...
Malcolm Noonan
- Dec 19, 2008
Full Text of My Submission to the An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing into the Central Access Scheme
Hi The following is the full unedited text of my submission to the Oral Hearing into the Proposed Central Access Scheme (Inner Relief...