People Before Profit Clondalkin Councillor Gino Kenny has called on Dublin Bus to review its new revived routes the 13 and 40 to and from Clondalkin.

Both routes were changed recently as part of Network Direct.The new 13 bus service has a cross city connection between Ballymum and Clondalkin. The 40 route which was the old 78A has also a cross city connection between Finglas and North Clondalkin.

PBP Councillor Gino Kenny who campaigned earlier on in the year to save local bus services said "Both services were changed recently as part of Network Direct. This was meant to be a more improved service for its users. Unfortunately this hasn't been the case. What we said to Dublin Bus earlier this year that longer routes which have to cross the city will lead to delays and longer waiting times for passengers. Dublin Bus needs to urgently review the services that have been changed. Both services have to cross the city so this will inevitably lead to backlog of buses stuck in the city centre. Members of the public have contacted me in relation to the non show of timed buses and waiting times. As a user of both services I have found that at times the bus either doesn't shown or two arrive at the same time. I'm now calling on Dublin Bus to now review both services and make passengers have confidence in the service to the public."

North & South Clondalkin are in for massive Bus Cuts Despite handing Dublin Bus thousands of signatures on petitions it looks like that the cuts are going to be forced in on top of passengers. Cllr Gino Kenny orgainised six Local meeting in Rathcoole, Newcastle, Bawnogue,Neilstown,Dutch Village & Green Park Johns Wood areas. I spoke to the Locals and informed them what the cuts meant to them in the different areas the traveling public were not pleased to say the least.

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Eugene McDonagh, Sacked NBRU National Executive, Harristown Depot

Cllr Gino Kenny, the People Before Profit-United Left Alliance candidate for Dublin Mid West, has called for a new PAYE revolt against tax hikes.

"In the early 1980s, there were huge demonstrations against the injustice of loading extra tax increases onto PAYE workers while other social groups were exempted.  We need a ‘day of wrath’ to express our anger against the latest attempt to make PAYE workers pay for the economic mess. The Universal Social Charge should be called the bankers’ tax. It is a levy imposed on us to pay off bankers and bondholders."

Department of Finance figures indicate that the government hopes to raise €420 million from this new levy this year. Tax hikes on PAYE workers from the reduction in tax credits are due to bring in a further €1.2 billion.
But a 1 percent wealth on the 33,000 Irish millionaires, who have a combined €121 billion in assets between them, could have raised a similar amount.

If we stopped paying off bondholders, there would be no need for any of these changes. The needs of Irish workers should come before the coffers of Goldman Sachs

The government made a political choice to hit out at low and middle income workers rather than tackle the Irish wealthy or their friends among the bondholders. They saw PAYE workers as an essay touch and thought it could get away with these savage attacks without resistance.

The cuts in the last budget were anti-family. But a government led by Enda Kenny and propped up by Labour will not reverse them. Many more children will be forced into poverty unless we stop these cuts.

Childrens allowance
The children’s allowance was reduced by €10 a child for first and second child. Despite evidence that larger families are more likely to suffer poverty, a third child saw a reduction of €20. The cuts in 2010 followed the cuts of 2009, and the removal of the early childcare supplement in 2009. More cuts will be implemented over the next few years if we have a government that accepts the EU/IMF deal.

One-Parent family
The one-parent family payment was cut by 4% this year – and that was on top of previous social welfare cuts. In June 2010, a new Social Welfare Bill was also introduced. This legislation discriminates against lone parents because it plans to cut the one-parent family payment when a child reaches 14 years of age. A Fine Gael and Labour coalition government will not scrap these plans.
There is no support for lone parents who wish to attend part-time 3rd level education courses. Grants are only given to full-time courses but most mothers are not able to attend college full-time. A family with two incomes can barely afford childcare costs – so it is impossible with just one income. .

Cllr Gino Kenny will be running an online live chat facilty after every night's canvass.

"Apres Canvass" will be live from 10PM to 11PM as of 24th Jan.

www.ginokennyblog.com to tune in!

The People before Profit candidate, Gino Kenny, is highlighting the plight of building workers in his constituency. ‘Huge numbers of people in Clondalkin and Lucan worked as building workers and found themselves without work’