National Posts

National posts and information articles by public representative Sean Canney TD for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland

17 02, 2020

IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY CONSERVATION GRANTS

By | February 17th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I am urging all those responsible for protected buildings and recorded monuments to consider applying for grants from the Irish Georgian Society. The society's Conservation Grants Programme 2020 offers a total funding of €50,000 to [...]

14 02, 2020

COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME SUPERVISORS SHOULD HAVE RECOGNISED STATUS

By | February 14th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

The employment status of Community Employment Scheme supervisors needs to be regularised. It is sad that the supervisors have had to take strike action today but the campaign to have their status recognised by the [...]

10 02, 2020

Sean Canney TD Elected to 33rd Dail

By | February 10th, 2020|Annaghdown, Athenry Area, Blog, Corofin, Education, Farming, Flood Relief, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Health, Homepage, Housing, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Monivea Area, National, Portumna Area, Sporting, Tourism, Tuam Area, Turloughmore Area|0 Comments

"On behalf of myself and my family, a sincere Thank You to the people of Galway East for re-electing me to represent them in Dail Eireann for the coming five years. I will do my [...]

3 02, 2020

PLANET YOUTH STRATEGY LAUNCH

By | February 3rd, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Launch Events, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I joined President Higgins today at the launch of the Planet Youth Strategy and Implementation Framework in the Ard Rí House Hotel in Tuam. Planet Youth aims at preventing children and adolescents from initiating drug [...]

26 01, 2020

COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME SUPERVISORS SHOULD HAVE RECOGNISED STATUS

By | January 26th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

The employment status of Community Employment Scheme supervisors must to be regularised. The long running campaign by the Community Employment supervisors to have their employment status recognised by the Department of Social Protection has been [...]

16 01, 2020

SHEEP WELFARE SCHEME

By | January 16th, 2020|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

The fourth year of the Sheep Welfare Scheme will commence on February 1 2020. Existing participants in the scheme will be automatically enrolled and will not need to take any action should they wish to [...]

16 01, 2020

MORE THAN €2.38 MILLION IN YOUTH FUNDING FOR GALWAY AND ROSCOMMON

By | January 16th, 2020|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

More than €61 million in nationwide funding has been allocated for youth services for 2020, including more than €2.38 million for services in Galway and Roscommon. I am delighted at the Department of Children and [...]

15 01, 2020

GREENWAYS FUNDING APPLICATIONS OPEN

By | January 15th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tourism, Tuam Area|0 Comments

A new applications process for the funding of greenways has been opened following the allocation of an additional €4.5 million from the Carbon Tax Fund. This is an opportunity for greenways projects which were excluded [...]

9 01, 2020

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON WASTE ACTION PLAN

By | January 9th, 2020|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

As part of our ambition to move towards a greener economy, my ministerial colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton TD, has announced the opening of a public consultation on [...]

31 12, 2019

Happy New Year 2020

By | December 31st, 2019|Annaghdown, Athenry Area, Blog, Corofin, Dail Visits, Education, Farming, Flood Relief, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Health, Homepage, Housing, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Launch Events, Loughrea Area, Monivea Area, National, O P W, Portumna Area, Press Releases, Sporting, Tourism, Tuam Area, Turloughmore Area|0 Comments

I wish everyone a peaceful, prosperous and healthy New Year. I look forward to working with you all in 2020. My constituency office will re-open on the 6th Jan. Please feel free to contact me [...]