“I welcome the announcement that advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme, worth in excess of €56 million to Galway farmers, have commenced today. These payments are a vital support for farmers across the county [...]
I, together with The Regional Group of TDs published our Dáil motion highlighting the crisis across the post office network. We are calling on the Government to step up to their commitments to deliver new [...]
I have co-signed the Bill which would ensure a minimum of a 10-month prison sentence for anyone convicted of stealing a family pet. “In recent months we have seen reports of the theft and resale [...]
I am delighted that the Gaelscoil campus is to be progressed to appointment of Design Team. “Galway Education Training Board (GRETB) have received confirmation and go ahead to put a design team in place and [...]
Galway East TD Seán Canney has welcomed funding for five towns and villages in County Galway under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Five broadband digital hubs are to be established to enable home working [...]
I am delighted to have received confirmation that Brownsgrove National School has been approved for a new permanent classroom. This is great news for this rural school and following on from the €50,000 CLÁR funding [...]
I support school secretaries in their fight for equal treatment in their pay and conditions at work. There are over 1,000 school secretaries who are being treated unequally by the Department of Education. “I raised [...]
Online applications for SUSI student grants for the 2020/21 academic year close on Thursday 5th November 2020. If a student has started an application but not yet completed it, they should do so before the [...]
Galway East TD Seán Canney, along with his colleagues in the Regional Independent group of TDs presented their pre-Budget submission to the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform at a [...]
I welcome funding for some local charities from the COVID-19 Stability Fund. “This was a scheme that was devised by Michael Ring and I from the Dormant Account Fund when we were in Ministerial office [...]
