Election 2007 in County Wicklow

It looks like you might be a first time visitor here so you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting and please exercise your vote on polling dayBilly Timmins says, ‘Thank You’ to the people of Wicklow/East Carlow

I met thousands of people over the past months as I travelled […]

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Timmins calls on the Irish to outpoll the French

In his final pre-election statement Wicklow/East Carlow TD, Billy Timmins, called on the electorate to exceed the 85% turnout in the recent second round of the French presidential election.
“The overall turnout in the last general election in the Republic of Ireland at […]

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Funds available for Fine Gael 2,300 hospital beds proposal – Timmins

Contrary to government propaganda filling the airwaves today , Fine Gael’s hospital bed proposal will not come at the expense of any other items in the Acute Hospitals Sub Programme of the National Development Plan. The NDP does not cost […]

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Fine Gael led Government will roll–out First Responders’ scheme - Timmins

Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson, Billy Timmins TD says a Fine Gael led government will roll out Community First
Responder schemes nationwide as recommended in the report published by the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death in March 2006.
“More and more […]

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Timmins renews call for Co Wicklow Skills Data Base

Wicklow Fine Gael TD, Billy Timmins, has renewed his call for an Internet based Co Wicklow Skills Data Base that will give industrialists at home and abroad a clear indication of the level of job skills available in the county.
Deputy Timmins cites […]

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Timmins calls for extension of Seanad vote to all graduates
Billy Timmins, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, has expressed his disappointment that the electoral register for university seats in Seanad Éireann has not yet been extended to include graduates of IT colleges.
“I have been pushing for this extension for more […]

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At the launch of the Fine Gael Agriculture Manifesto Deputy Billy Timmins announced a commitment to increase by €2500 grant aid for young farmers and new entrants in the sector. He added that the livelihoods of beef and sheep farmers were under particular threat with beef finishers facing losses of up to €200/hd.  Deputy Timmins […]

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“The experience of waiting at a bus stop or DART station for some scheduled services to arrive can be most annoying,” says Wicklow Fine Gael TD, Billy Timmins.
“In every other business that I know of,  ‘the show must go on’ attitude prevails. DART users are offered an explanation and apology over a public address system, […]

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In a weekend speech Wicklow/East Carlow Fine Gael TD, Billy Timmins, questioned the growing Irish obsession with apartment blocks.
“Everywhere I look I see cranes, apartment blocks and huge hoardings. They are popping up like the proverbial primroses in spring. In our rush to become more European than the Europeans or even Americans, we may well […]

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FG financial framework provides substantial increase in funding for autism education
Fine Gael Education general election candidate Billy Timmins said Fine Gael is taking a clear and costed commitment to children with autism.
“Fine Gael is committed to meeting the needs of children with an intellectual or physical disability. Our recently published General Election Manifesto put forward […]

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