Education
Education related posts and information articles by Sean Canney TD located in Tuam, for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland
Education related posts and information articles by Sean Canney TD located in Tuam, for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland
I welcome the announcement by Minister for Education, Helen McEntee, of an additional special class at Scoil An Chroí Ró-Naofa, Belclare Tuam, building on the nine new special classes sanctioned for Galway last month as [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Receives confirmation that additional classroom accommodation is being planned for Clarin College Athenry. I have received confirmation from the Minister for Education that the Department of Education are advancing additional accommodation for Clarin College Athenry [...]
I have again highlighted the unfair treatment of self-employed people when they fall sick. At present they cannot avail of Illness Benefit and often have no income when they are out sick. The person cannot [...]
Sean Canney Independent TD along with the Independent Regional Group of TDs published their pre-budget submission 2025 today urging the Government to adopt an integrated approach with clear, actionable goals in its final budget. The [...]
The Safe Routes to School Scheme is moving too slowly with only 12 schools across County Galway out of 65 registered for the scheme have to date been sanctioned for funding. Even more worrying is [...]
I have called on the Government to expedite the delivery of the long awaited new national school for Tuam. The three national schools amalgamated into Trinity National School in September 2019 as required by the [...]