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Domestic Violence Leave for employees welcomed

Pippa Hackett

Sep 20, 20221 min read

Domestic Violence Leave for employees welcomed

I welcome Cabinet approval to progress The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022. Those experiencing domestic violence...

Minister Hackett welcomes approvals for the latest tranche of the Organic Farming Scheme

Pippa Hackett

Sep 20, 20222 min read

Minister Hackett welcomes approvals for the latest tranche of the Organic Farming Scheme

Scheme confirmed to reopen to new entrants in early October Press Release 20 September 2022 The Minister of State at the Department of...

Support for local businesses 'the beating heart of rural Ireland' raised in Seanad

Pippa Hackett

Sep 16, 20223 min read

Support for local businesses 'the beating heart of rural Ireland' raised in Seanad

I spoke in the Seanad this week, about how I spent most of my time over the past month or so, travelling around Laois and Offaly, meeting...

Pippa Hackett

Sep 15, 20222 min read

'Together for Better'

I was with my Green Party Colleague, Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman today as he launched the new funding model for Early...

Free contraception for women 17-25 a giant step for women’s health

Pippa Hackett

Sep 14, 20221 min read

Free contraception for women 17-25 a giant step for women’s health

Today, is the first step towards making universal free contraception a cornerstone of women’s healthcare. Free contraception will become...

Pippa Hackett

Sep 11, 20221 min read

Ballintubbert Gardens & House

It was such a pleasure to attend the launch of Ballintubbert Gardens and House’s stunning organic gardens today. Situated close to...

Shared National Vision for Forestry 2050 published

Pippa Hackett

Sep 11, 20227 min read

Shared National Vision for Forestry 2050 published

Press Release The Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa...

64 Midlands artists awarded grants In Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme

Pippa Hackett

Sep 8, 20222 min read

64 Midlands artists awarded grants In Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme

I welcome todays announcement that 64 grants for artists and creative arts workers have been awarded in Laois, Offaly and Westmeath...

My address at Launch of Lumcloon Power & Hanwha Battery Project at Shannonbridge

Pippa Hackett

Sep 6, 20222 min read

My address at Launch of Lumcloon Power & Hanwha Battery Project at Shannonbridge

An Taoiseach, fellow Oireachtas Members, Councillors, and all here today, I am delighted to be here, in Shannonbridge, for this sod...

€20m funding for new hospice in Midlands

Pippa Hackett

Sep 6, 20222 min read

€20m funding for new hospice in Midlands

6th September 2022 Taoiseach Micheál Martin today announced capital funding of €20m for a new specialist palliative care inpatient unit...

50% fare reduction to the commercial bus sector welcomed

Pippa Hackett

Sep 5, 20222 min read

50% fare reduction to the commercial bus sector welcomed

I welcome the extension of the Young Adult Card and Student Leap Card fare initiative to the commercial bus sector, meaning people...

Details of National Organic Beef Open Day Announced

Pippa Hackett

Sep 5, 20222 min read

Details of National Organic Beef Open Day Announced

PRESS RELEASE Teagasc 05.09.2022 A National Organic Beef Open Day on the farm of John Purcell, Ross, Golden, Cashel, Co Tipperary will...

Pippa Hackett

Aug 30, 20229 min read

My address to ISCRAES 2022

Introduction I am delighted to join you today, and I would like to express my appreciation to the organisers for providing me with the...

€100,000 for Streetscape Enhancement for Abbeyleix and Clara

Pippa Hackett

Aug 30, 20221 min read

€100,000 for Streetscape Enhancement for Abbeyleix and Clara

I am delighted that Abbeyleix in Co. Laois, and Clara in Co. Offaly are to benefit from €100,000 Streetscape Enhancement funding from the...

Pippa Hackett

Aug 25, 20222 min read

Woodland Festival 2022

I am really looking forward to attending this years Woodland Festival. It’s a great opportunity for those of us involved in forestry to...

For Peat’s Sake – Shifting Perspectives on Bogland

Pippa Hackett

Aug 24, 20223 min read

For Peat’s Sake – Shifting Perspectives on Bogland

Opinion on the management of our boglands may vary but there is a widely held love for these distinct landscapes. In recent weeks I have...

Pippa Hackett

Aug 17, 20221 min read

ACORNS 8 Now Open

I want to encourage all Midland’s based female entrepreneurs to apply for ACORNS 8, a scheme to support new business start-ups. ACORNS is...

Hackett will stand firm against misinformation and insults

Pippa Hackett

Aug 14, 20222 min read

Hackett will stand firm against misinformation and insults

I am prompted to speak out in response to a particular post that that was published by the Barroughter and Clonmoylan Bogs Action Group...

€75,000 grant funding for community led Abbeyleix Bog restoration in Co. Laois

Pippa Hackett

Aug 8, 20222 min read

€75,000 grant funding for community led Abbeyleix Bog restoration in Co. Laois

My Green Party Colleague Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, announced today that he has approved...

Continued funding for Libraries in Laois and Offaly

Pippa Hackett

Aug 5, 20222 min read

Continued funding for Libraries in Laois and Offaly

I'm delighted to see €43,000 in funding across Laois and Offaly under the Dormant Accounts Action Plan which compliments over €3.1m...