Robert Dowds @robert_dowdsTDMobile: 087 652 0360E-mail: robert.dowds@oireachtas.ieWebsite: www.robertdowds.ie

Constituency Office:Main Street, Clondalkin, Dublin 22Tel: 618 3446

CONTACT ROBERT:

I am very pleased that the Government is continuingto cut politicians pay for a third time. I feel verystrongly that politicians need to take large pay cutswhen the Government is cutting the public sector paybill. To give an example of how these pay cuts forpoliticians are taking effect, the Taoiseach will beearning €100,000 less than what Bertie Ahern wasearning when he was in office and there will be bigcuts for Ministers and TDs too. At a time when theGovernment needs to cut the public sector pay bill tosort out the country's finances, this is only right and Iam very happy that the Government is cuttingpoliticians pay.

CUTTING POLITICIANS’PAY ACROSS THE BOARD Ken Kinsella has recently been appointed as a Local Area

Representative for the Bawnogue and Clondalkin Area. Ken is 32 yearsold and from Oakwood in Clondalkin. He is a past President of ITTallaght Students' Union, is a former youth worker, and has beeninvolved with many groups and organisations in the area includingTallaght Rugby Club, Clondalkin Swimming Club and Round TowersGAA club.

After being selected, Ken said: "I strongly believe that by workingtogether we can ensure that the economic reality won’t stop us fromprogressing as a community. My goal is to work hard for the all thosein my community. As a member of the Labour Party for over 10 years,I have campaigned on not just at election times but also on studentissues in Tallaght IT as Union President and on local issues that affectus all."

"As a former youth worker (North City Centre Community Actionproject) I firmly believe that the most cost effective, and positive intervention in the fight against anti-social behaviour begins in thecommunity. I am committed to providing support and help to those in the community who have been forgotten. I am an advocate ofyouth diversion programmes developed in the community through the work of local sports clubs and community groups. I am proud tohave contributed to the development of our community through involvement of sporting clubs such as Tallaght Rugby Club, ClondalkinSwimming Club and as a junior member of Round Towers GAA Club.

I will listen to your concerns and worries and make representation on your behalf where possible and to the best of my ability. If there isanything you feel I could help you out with or if you would like to discuss any of the above with me further please feel free to contactme via the details on the back of this page. I look forward to hearing from you."

KEN KINSELLA APPOINTED LABOUR LOCAL AREA REP

DOWDS'S WORK TACKLING WHITE COLLARCRIMINALS LEADS TO BOOST FOR FRAUD SQUAD"Over the past year, I have been repeatedly raising the issue of tackling white collar crime and the need to catch those involvedin high level fraud. I uncovered in November that the number of convictions for certain white collar crimes had plummeted by asmuch as 50% between 2003-2010. I also uncovered that the Garda Fraud squad had only 2 qualified forensic accountants workingfor it to tackle all the white collar crime in the country. This is nowhere near enough and I have been pressing the Government formonths to increase the resources it devotes to tackling white collar crime.

"By shining a light on this area, I had hoped that the Government would give the Gardaí more resources to catch white collarcriminals. I am very glad that at a recent meeting of the Public Accounts Committee, the Garda Commissioner confirmed to methat the Government had approved the funding to double the number of full time forensic accountants working for the FraudSquad to 4. This is very welcome, but I think we need to continue to make sure the Gardaí have the resources they need to catchwhite collar criminals.

"Ireland has suffered enormously due to the actions of a small number of reckless bankers, and it makes me very angry that 5 years after the collapse of our economy, nobody has been heldto account. I will continue to pressure the Government to make sure tackling white collar crime is a high priority and that the Garda Fraud Squad has the resources it needs to catch thoseinvolved in high level fraud."

Robert Dowds has congratulated Breeda Bonner on her hard work in getting the Old Nangor Road widened to improve childand pedestrian safety. Breeda made the issue of widening the Old Nangor Road a priority as soon as she was co-opted onto the council and has worked hard for two years to get the council to improve safety for the hundreds of schoolchildrenand pedestrians who walk along it every day.

Breeda said: "After two years of trying to get the money for this, I am very glad that we the widening of the Old NangorRoad is nearly finished. This stretch of road was very dangerous for the hundreds of schoolchildren, parents and pedestrianswho were walking along it every day, and it was quite simply a tragic accident waiting to happen. I am glad that it has beenwidened and that the work is nearly complete. I want to thank the council for finding the money to get the road widened,and I very much hope that it will significantly improve road safety for all the pedestrians who walk along it every day."Breeda on Nangor Road

DOWDS CONGRATULATES BONNER ONIMPROVING SAFETY AS OLD NANGOR ROADWORK NEARS COMPLETION

Robert Dowds TDWorking with Cllr. Breeda Bonner

CLONDALKINUPDATESummer 2013

Robert Dowds TD Working with your localLabour team

Cllr. Breeda Bonner087 413 2627 bbonner@sdublincoco.ie

Ken Kinsella01-5044135kenkinsellalabour@gmail.com

Emer Costello MEP01 874 6109emer.costello@europarl.europa.eu

Joanna Tuffy TD01 6183822joanna.tuffy@oir.ie

Constituency Office: Main Street, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Tel: 618 3446Mobile: 087 652 0360E-mail: robert.dowds@oireachtas.ieWebsite: www.robertdowds.ie

Robert Dowds

@robert_dowdsTD

If you wish to raise any issue with me, whether personal, local or national, please contact me.

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You can talk to me atmy advice centres:

� 10am every Mondaymorning on MainStreet, Clondalkin

� 10.30am every 3rdSaturday of theMonth on MainStreet, Clondalkin

� 5pm every first andthird Mondays atBawnogueCommunity Centre

"Ground was broken recently on the Newlands Cross upgradewhich will remove the last traffic lights between Cork andBelfast. The traffic at Newlands Cross has been causing delaysto people in our community for many years, and I am glad to beable to say that thanks to this Government, we are going to putan end to that."I've been keeping the pressure on the NRA toget this project up and running as soon as possible. This is ajunction that has been causing long traffic jams for theresidents of Clondalkin, Saggart, Newcastle and Rathcoole overmany years. With 80,000 vehicles going through the junctionevery day, this project will make a real difference to commutersand businesses within our community by putting an end to the gridlock around the intersection. I am veryproud that Labour is in Government getting projects like this over the line, even when money is in shortsupply."

GROUND BROKEN ON NEWLANDS CROSS UPGRADE

CLONDALKIN

NOTES

Congratulations to all the students whoentered the 1913 Lockout Competitionorganised by Robert, Emer Costello MEP andthe Clondalkin Labour Party. The winner of Best Individual was Clondalkinstudent Justin Browne from Moyle Park Collegefor his sculpture of Jim Larkin. Oisin McEvoyand Gavin Quinn were the runners up in theBest Group category. Well done to all involved.

Congratulations to Clondalkin Youth Band whohosted the renowned Ohio University WindEnsemble and Marching Band in the Green Isle Hotelin Clondalkin on May 8th. Over two hundred youngAmerican musicians joined Clondalkin Youth Band togive the audience a musical treat. Congratulations toeveryone involved with the Youth Band, which has along tradition of doing Clondalkin proud.

Congratulations and to everyone

involved in the organisation of

the Clondalkin Festival, which

was a huge success. Over 800

people went on guided tours of

the Round Tower over two days,

and hundreds of people took

part in other events all around

the Village. Thanks to

Clondalkin's Gardaí, Chamber of

Commerce, County Council,

OPW, Scouts, Tidy Towns, Áras

Chrónáin, Round Towers GAA

Club, History Society, Youth Band

and every other organisation

which contributed to the

festival. It really shows how

strong the community spirit in

Clondalkin is.

The unemployment rate is still toohigh, but the Government is tryingto help people back into theworkplace through the JobBridgeInternship Scheme. A recent reporton the scheme found that 60% ofpeople who have used Jobbridge have gotten jobs. The scheme is a great helpto people who have good qualifications but don't have the experience theyneed to find a job. The scheme has the added bonus that if you are on the dole,you will get an extra €50 per week for participating in it. Currently, there areover 2,000 internships available on www.jobbridge.ie.If you have any questionsor need any help, please contact my office.

60% GET JOBS AFTER GOING ONJOBBRIDGE

Creating jobs today, by building the infrastructure we need for tomorrow

GREEN LIGHT FOR 2013 SCHOOL PREFABREPLACEMENT

LABOUR CONTINUES SCHOOL BUILDINGMODERNISATION SCHEME

� 115 prefab units in 46 schools will be replaced in a

€15 million programme in 2013/2014.

� 2,650 more students throughout the country will

now have permanent classroom accommodation.

� Creates an estimated 300 direct and 60 indirect jobs.

� Follows on from a 2012 initiative for the replacement

of 458 prefabs.

� Number of rented prefabs in our schools will

decrease by 570 – a 37% reduction in just over two

years.

� €7 million savings will be achieved through theestablishment of these permanent, modern

classrooms.

€6.4 billion has been allocated to the newly established Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for job creation and maximising commercial investment. This jobcreation investment plan will provide the basis for sustainable, export-led jobs. Investment sanctioned under the plan must create economic activity and jobs

and generate a commercial return. It is part of Labour’s main focus in government of getting the Irish economy back on track and getting people back to work.

First time that Ireland will have a

strategic fund purely for investment

and growing jobs here at home.

Delivers on a key Labour

commitment to establish a fund

focused on jobs and job creation

through the work of Labour

Ministers, TDs and Senators.

€6.4 billion fund allows forcommercial investment in next

generation infrastructure with the

most job-creation potential

including energy, broadband, school

building, forestry and water

infrastructure projects.

PUTTING JOBS FIRST

� 250,000 jobs were lost between

2008-2011 under Fianna Fail.

� Now 2,000 jobs per month are being

created in the private sector.

� Jobless rate has decreased to 13.7%,

first time since 2010 it has dropped

below 14%