Supporting families and helping new parents
TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, while in Government, the Green Party has overseen a number of long-term measures designed to help parents
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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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Team Mal Noonan
Oct 30
Free solar panels for Carlow schools
All Carlow schools are now eligible to avail of free solar panels as the government’s Solar for Schools initiative continues its rollout...
Team Mal Noonan
Sep 17
New vet college to be located at SETU
SETU has been chosen as the home of a new school of veterinary medicine, to be located at Kildalton Agricultural College in Piltown.
Team Mal Noonan
Aug 28
Proposal for new veterinary college at Kildalton
Today, I got a chance to visit Kildalton College in Piltown with my Oireachtas colleagues to see their excellent facilities and meet with...
Team Mal Noonan
Aug 1
Hot school meals extended to 11 more schools in Carlow-Kilkenny
Children in nine more schools in Kilkenny and two more schools in Carlow are set to receive free meals as part of the expansion of the...
Team Mal Noonan
Feb 22
Kilkenny schools set to lead the solar revolution
93% of Kilkenny schools have applied for the government's free Solar for Schools scheme, which launched last November.
Team Mal Noonan
Jan 12
Carlow Kilkenny's brightest young minds at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
I blown away by some of the projects from our Carlow Kilkenny students at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week!
Team Mal Noonan
May 8, 2023
A Europe Day visit to Kilkenny City Vocational School
To mark 50 years of Ireland's EU membership I brought Ambassador Florence Ensch to visit Kilkenny City Vocational School.
Malcolm Noonan
Aug 12, 2022
#HeritageWeek2022
Today marks the start of #HeritageWeek2022 and one of my favourite weeks of the year. Best wishes to our network of local authority...
Malcolm Noonan
Aug 5, 2022
Grennan Mill 40th Anniversary Arts Exhibition launched by Minister Noonan
Forty years of creativity, inspiration and imagination in a creaky, beautiful old building on the banks of the river Nore. In fact the...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 5, 2022
€67m in back-to-school supports welcomed by Minister Noonan
Government has announced a suite of Education and Social Welfare measures designed to help families with school-going children returning...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 21, 2022
‘The Megalithic Art of the Passage Tombs at Knowth, County Meath’ launched by Minister Noonan
Yesterday evening, on Summer Solstice in the shadow of the famous Passage Tomb itself, saw the launch of the final volume of a remarkable...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 20, 2022
LGBT+ Pride marked by Minister Noonan
I’d like to wish a Happy Pride to one and all – to those who are members of the LGBT+ community and to those who are allies of the LGBT+...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 11, 2022
Lisnafunchin National School Centenary celebrated by Minister Noonan
Céiliúradh céad bliain Scoil Lios na bhFuinseann. Thanks to Lisnafunchin National School for the invite to join in the celebrations of...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 10, 2022
Dublin Heritage Building Show attended by Minister Noonan
The Dublin Heritage Building Show, an initiative of the Irish Georgian Society to promote traditional building skills and craft took...
Malcolm Noonan
May 8, 2022
'Carlow Town Planning - a young person's perspective' attended by Minister Noonan
Today I joined other elected reps and policymakers in Visual Carlow Arts Centre to listen to and see the outputs of participatory...
Malcolm Noonan
May 8, 2022
Europe Day celebrated in Kilkenny by Minister Noonan
Celebrations today for #EuropeDay brought me and Austrian Trade Commissioner, Josef Treml, to two schools in Callan, #Kilkenny - Coláiste...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 19, 2020
Minister Noonan speaks to Kilkenny students on Politics and Society
Earlier in the week I met with the 6th Year Politics and Society class of the Loreto Secondary School in Kilkenny. Mostly we spoke about...
Malcolm Noonan
Jan 12, 2009
Fine Gael Proposals to Address Primary School Class Size Issue are Worth Considering
Proposals put forward by Fine Gael to address the increase in class sizes in Primary Schools as proposed in November’s budget have...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 6, 2008
Primary Class Size Increase Will Further Disadvantage Children
Speaking following the Dail Debate on Education cuts yesterday, Green Party Councillor Malcolm Noonan has spoken of his outrage at the...
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