The Department of Education has announced that families will receive refunds for school transport fees for periods of schools closures. The payments will issue at the end of the school year once the exact period [...]
Parents and families of pupils availing of school transport will be getting refunds following the COVID-19 disruption to school openings. Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney said: "This is a very [...]
The Community Call fora received approximately 1,000 calls nationally yesterday. They made approximately 400 follow-up calls to people who have contacted them. Nationally, since the end of March, the Community Call Fora have received approximately [...]
Power and industrial emissions fell 8.7% last year according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is very positive news as the Government's Climate Action Plan, launched by my Department last year, [...]
Now is the time for eligible students to apply for the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grants for the 2020-2021 academic year. Online applications opened today (Thursday April 23) and all those new to the [...]
The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) has introduced a new service to bring COVID-19 testing personnel to vulnerable people who are unable to attend test centres. This is a very welcome initiative by the association. The [...]
The COVID-19 Emergency Fund is a grant programme to provide funding to groups that are directly involved in the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the immediacy of works related to COVID-19, the Council [...]
My department, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, has ringfenced €1 million from the Anti-Dumping Initiative to combat the upsurge of illegal dumping during the COVID-19 crisis. Illegal dumping is a health [...]
Galway East TD and Minister of State in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Seán Canney has welcomed an 8.7% fall in power and industrial emissions last year. The cut in greenhouse [...]
Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has called on eligible students to apply for the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grants for the 2020-2021 academic year. Minister Canney said: "Online applications [...]
