28 02, 2025

Welcomes Approval for Athenry Campus School Project to Proceed to Tender.

By | February 28th, 2025|Athenry Area, Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I warmly welcome the Department of Education’s approval for the Athenry Campus school project to proceed to tender. The project, which falls under the Large-Scale Capital Programme, will see significant investment in local educational infrastructure, [...]

22 02, 2025

Welcomes Approval to proceed with Additional Accommodation at Tierneevin NS.

By | February 22nd, 2025|Education, Galway East, Gort Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I have received confirmation that the Department of Education have issued approval to proceed with an extension to Tierneevin National School, Gort. The extension consists of two Special Education Tuition rooms for the provision of [...]

22 02, 2025

Welcomes Government announcing €1.9 million of payments under the Baling Assistance Payment (BAP).

By | February 22nd, 2025|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I welcome the announcement that payments totalling €1.9 million have commenced issuing to farmers under the Baling Assistance Payment (BAP). The Baling Assistance Payment was introduced in summer 2024, as a once off measure, to [...]

21 02, 2025

Welcomes Government announcement of €1.9m contract for continuation of the National Training Programme for Special Needs Assistants

By | February 21st, 2025|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Press Releases, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I welcome Government confirmation that a contract has been awarded to Atlantic Technological University (ATU) for continued provision of the national training programme for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) from September 2025. Further to a procurement [...]

15 02, 2025

€43,650,160 for regional and local roads in County Galway

By | February 15th, 2025|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I have today announced an investment Programme of €43,650,160 million for regional and local roads in 2025 for County Galway. This represents an overall increase of over 9.33% in funding this year for road and [...]