€942k roads boost for Galway
Galway has received €942,000 for minor roads that do not fall under the remit of the County Council as part of funding announced today under the Local Improvement Scheme. This is a very welcome boost [...]
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02, 2018
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02, 2018
Pay disparity for school secretaries
I raised the plight of school secretaries during a recent Dáil debate on employment conditions last week. Speaking during a debate on the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, I welcomed the Bill in that it [...]
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02, 2018
Fund to fight illegal dumping
An allocation of €67,663 in funding has been made available for an anti-dumping initiative in County Galway this year. Applications are now open for community groups to apply for funding under the Anti-Dumping Initiative 2018 [...]
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02, 2018
Frustrated with lack of progress on Merlin Park theatres
Patients in the HSE West region are being let down badly by the lack of progress in terms of delivering orthopaedic theatres at Merlin Park Hospital. It is incredible that it will take a full [...]
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02, 2018
Reform of judicial review of strategic infrastructure projects
I welcome government approval for a package of measures to streamline the judicial review of strategic infrastructure projects. The Government has already agreed to amend the Strategic Infrastructure Act to include data centres within its [...]
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02, 2018
Funding from the OPW for projects in Galway East
I welcome the allocation of funding from the Office of Public Works of €104,400 for projects in Galway East. The projects are funded under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme. ‘The three projects to be [...]
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02, 2018
Canney raises CE scheme issues as Pobal appears before committee on rural affairs
I raised issues including insurance and the need to retain CE scheme participants aged over 55 when Pobal appeared before the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development on Wednesday. I raised the need for [...]
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02, 2018
Increased funding for roads in Tuam area
Tuam Municipal District has received in excess of €4 million in funding for 2018 as part of the annual roads programme, a welcome increase on previous years. The allocation is part of the roads programme [...]
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02, 2018
Record year for overseas visitors
This week I welcomed the publication of official data on overseas travel for 2017 from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed an increase of 3.6% in overseas visits to Ireland for 2017 compared to [...]