COLAISTE NA HINSE LAYTOWN TO GET DEFIBRILLATOR
I warmly welcome the decision by County Meath VEC to order nine defibrillators for its schools across the County. This was an issue I had raised with the Government during the election campaign and I congratulate Meath VEC for its initiative on this matter.
I have been told that the defibrillators will be delivered in the middle of January. Each unit will come with spare pads, a manual and quick reference guide, a wall mounted case, carry case and ready kit. Training will be provided in each school as part of the order.
I have also been told that Laytown’s new Colaiste na hInse, which will open its doors in September 2008, will be provided with one. This is great news.
We have seen some tragic incidents in recent times where students and sportsmen have lost their lives and this highlights the importance of being ready. Having this equipment will greatly improve any victim’s chances of survival.
I have been told that the defibrillators will be delivered in the middle of January. Each unit will come with spare pads, a manual and quick reference guide, a wall mounted case, carry case and ready kit. Training will be provided in each school as part of the order.
I have also been told that Laytown’s new Colaiste na hInse, which will open its doors in September 2008, will be provided with one. This is great news.
We have seen some tragic incidents in recent times where students and sportsmen have lost their lives and this highlights the importance of being ready. Having this equipment will greatly improve any victim’s chances of survival.
posted by Thomas Byrne at 6:07 PM
2 Comments:
I read with interest a report in the irish times and the meath chronicle that Slane residents were apparently up in arms about the proposed "order of priority" plan.I took a trip across to the councils new offices in navan and looked at a few of the submissions. It was interesting to learn what the fuss was about. It is apparently the phased release of presently zoned residential lands. I cant see the difficulty here. The proposal is actually limiting growth. I was amazed to discover that the lands are already zoned and that this plan is actually delaying development to allow infrastructure to catch up. Surely this is a good thing. If this is not passed it is my understandijng that in theory all the zoned land can be developed on a first come first served basis to meet housing targets. It was also very intersting to read a submission from a slane resdient who said the Boyne Valley Trust meeting was a sham meeting. According to the submission from a guy I cant remeber the name of, who said he attended the meeting in his submission, the combined slane residents association does not exist and that the chairman could not name a single affiliated group. The submission went on to state that the press release by the boyne valley trust which received a lot of media attention, was not a repreentation of the views of the majority of people present. It was alleged that the BVT chairman Mr King I think his name was, sent the press release on his own bat. Why did you criticise the plan when it is actually slowing growth down to a more reasonable pace. The lands which are supposed to be controversial are already zoned for resdiential for the last six years accoridng to the documents i read.
hiya mike
The order for priority is exactly what Meath needs and I fully support the point of it.
However, the reality is in Slane that some people do not fully understand the order of priority; that it is as you say, a slow down in house building.
If there was one local area plan, which is due, then all of the issues which are causing confusion would be resolved. The LAP could incorporate the aims of the order for priority as well as trying to get new community gain.
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