TUAM LOCAL AREA PLAN
Draft LAP 2018 Public Consultation
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Meeting regarding roads and flooding in County Galway
I met today with Shane Ross, Minister for Transport and Kevin Boxer Moran, Minister for the OPW, with Galway County Council officials. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues in relation to roads [...]
Community Support Schemes 2018
Galway County Council invites applications from Community and Voluntary groups, and individual artists for their Community Support Schemes 2018. Application forms are available from my constituency office.
Canney receives assurance on Kinvara flood relief measures
I have received confirmation from Minister of State for OPW and Flood Relief Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran that OPW will consider favourably any application from Galway County Council for funding to provide flood gates for properties [...]
CAP 2020 Consultation
A public consultation process on the future of the CAP post 2020 is now underway. The consultation process will be open for an eight week period from Friday 26th January to Friday 23rd March. As [...]
Road allocation welcome
Over €23 million has been allocated for regional and local roads in County Galway in 2018, an increase of over €1.7 million on last year’s fund. Funding of €13.2 million for improvement works and €3.3 [...]
Council of Europe nomination
I have been nominated by the Government to serve on the Council of Europe and have been selected as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I attended my first meeting [...]