Along with my colleague, Minister @hildegardenaughton I was really pleased to announce this week that the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccine Catch-Up Programme is now being rolled out to 5th and 6th year school students who had missed out on getting the vaccine in first year. It will be implemented by the @irishhealthservice from March 2026. We are so grateful to Laura’s family, in particular her parents, Larry and Bernadette, who have transformed public understanding of the HPV vaccine.
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It was great to visit St. Paul’s Secondary School in Greenhills earlier today, where I had the opportunity to meet the Principal Margaret O’Shea, Deputy Principal Eoin McLoughlin and Sr Mary Lyons from the school’s board of management.
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“We must have a firm, fair and effective migration system."
Minister Colm Brophy speaking on ‘Today with David McCullagh’
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Answering topical issues in the Dáil chamber this afternoon.
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A quick but very busy visit to Abu Dhabi today before I head home to Dublin later this evening. I had the opportunity to meet our great Embassy and Visa Office teams, before having the privilege of meeting the Minister for Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi.
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Great news today for Dublin South West as the first tranche of 168 new special classes in 159 schools nationwide have been sanctioned, with additional special class sanctions set to be announced in the weeks ahead.
These include new special classes for:
Firhouse Community College
Killinarden Community School
Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna
St Marks Community School
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I’m in India this week to strengthen bilateral engagement between both of our nations🇮🇪🇮🇳 Earlier today I met with Secretary West as well as the Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar
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Fine Gael introduced the Hot School Meals Programme to support children and families and now we want your feedback!
📲To take the survey, go to finegael.ie/HotSchoolMeals
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New Community Monuments Funding Available for 2026!!
Does your community have a monument you want to protect or repair? This fund is for the conservation, maintenance, protection and presentation of archaeological monuments and is prioritised for local authorities, private owners and custodians and community groups for the care, conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of archaeological monuments, with over 7.5 million available for projects.
For more information and to apply visit: buff.ly/wFRrGFP
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SDCC has arranged for Christmas Tree recycling at the following locations from Friday 2 January to Monday 12 January 2026.
This service is free and intended for domestic household trees only, with a limit of one tree per household / vehicle.
Signage will be placed at each location to indicate it as an official recycling point.
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