Tuam Intreo Centre building to be completed in Spring

I have received confirmation that the refurbishment of the old library and conversion into an Intreo Centre for Social Welfare services for Tuam and the North Galway region will be completed in the coming weeks. [...]

By | January 4th, 2022|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Construction costs will impact on delivery of Public Works Contracts

As a former lecturer in Construction Economics and Quantity Surveying in GMIT I have expressed the view that rising costs in materials and labour will impact on what can be delivered under the National Development [...]

By | December 28th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Urging people to check their passports prior to booking flights

I urge people to check their passports prior to booking flights. The time to process a passport application can vary. It is very important to know the time it takes to process a passport and [...]

By | December 27th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tourism, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I welcome the major reforms to the Community Employment (CE) and Rural Social Schemes (RSS)

I welcome the major reforms to the Community Employment (CE) and Rural Social Schemes (RSS) after a long campaign which I initiated on behalf of participants in the schemes and Community groups. The main changes [...]

By | December 24th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

X-ray service for Tuam cannot be delayed and must be provided as a matter of urgency

I have called on the HSE to get on with the installation of the X-ray facility at the Tuam Primary Medical Centre as a matter of urgency. “In November 2017 I secured €700,000 for the [...]

By | December 22nd, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Calls on the Government to make work more financially beneficial

The Government have a responsibility to ensure that workers are incentivised to return to the workforce. “People on Jobseekers need to have an increase in their take home pay if they are to be available [...]

By | December 21st, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Capital Gains Tax rate should be adjusted to ensure availability of development lands

I call on the Minister for Finance to revise downwards the rate of Capital Gains Tax on the sale of development land to ensure more land becomes available to deliver the housing this country needs. [...]

By | December 20th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Regional TDs call for the immediate national implementation of a Vitamin D strategy

I along with the Independent members of the Regional Group are calling on government to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Health Committee report from April this year addressing Vitamin D deficiency as a public [...]

By | December 19th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Scheme to provide Sewerage Treatment Plants to unserved villages and settlement centres vital to delivery of housing

I believe that a scheme to provide Wastewater Treatment Plants is required as a matter of urgency in order to deliver housing and allow the regions to grow. “Villages like Craughwell, Corofin and Abbeyknockmoy are [...]

By | December 18th, 2021|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Restrictions on the harvesting of horticultural peat a fiasco

Sean Canney Independent TD has stated that the restrictions imposed on the harvesting of horticultural peat is a fiasco with imports of the same material increasing on a weekly basis. It is typical of a [...]

By | December 18th, 2021|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments