National Posts
National posts and information articles by public representative Sean Canney TD for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland
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06, 2019
DEADLINE FOR CHARITIES VAT COMPENSATION SCHEME
DEADLINE FOR CHARITIES VAT COMPENSATION SCHEME Legislation was passed at the end of last year to introduce a VAT Compensation Refund Scheme for charities. It is aimed at refunding the proportion of VAT paid on [...]
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06, 2019
RETURN OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL ALLOWANCE
I am very pleased that the Back to School Clothing and Footware Allowance will soon be available for eligible families. Budget 2019 provided for €56 million nationally to be made available for the allowance which [...]
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06, 2019
WELCOME NEWS ON SPINRAZA DRUG FOR CHILDREN
Very important breaking news today that the Health Service Executive has approved the use of the drug Spinraza to treat children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Parents, including those in Galway East, have waged a [...]
10
06, 2019
VOLUNTEER WORK FOR JOBSEEKERS
I am urging jobseekers to consider volunteer work to provide help to people and groups in need of support. To do so they can avail of the Voluntary Work Option programme offered by the Department [...]
7
06, 2019
PLANNING EUROPE’S DIGITAL FUTURE
In my capacity as Minister for Digital Development, I represented Ireland at the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxembourg today. There were several important and informative sessions and debates around future digitisation across [...]
7
06, 2019
CLAIM YOUR TAX BACK!
Tens of thousands of people each year are missing out by failing to claim back their tax refunds. It is very important for family incomes to ensure that everyone claims their full entitlements. Tax refunds [...]
6
06, 2019
ANNOUNCING €6.5 MILLION FOR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
Today I was very pleased to announce additional funding of €6.5 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund to support disadvantaged groups across the country. The Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2019 allocates funding to six measures [...]
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06, 2019
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY
I chaired the first meeting of the National Advisory Group on Volunteering this week. We have received 130 submissions to our call for papers on developing a National Volunteering Strategy, which is one of our [...]
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05, 2019
FUNDING OF OVER €18.5m FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Seán Canney, T.D., Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, today (Friday) announced funding of €18.5m over the coming three years to 73 national community and voluntary organisations. The funding is [...]
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05, 2019
€500,000 FOR MEN’S SHEDS
As Minister of State in the Department of Rural and Community Development, I am delighted to announce today that Men's Sheds will be receiving €500,000 from the Dormant Accounts Fund. We have 400 Men's Sheds [...]