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HEADFORD GAA FLOODLIGHTS
I had the pleasure of turning on the new floodlights at Headford GAA Club in the company of my ministerial colleague Michael Ring TD and Cllr Andrew Reddington. The lights were installed with an €80,000 [...]
1,000 NEW CHARGE POINTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
An extra 1,000 charge points for electric vehicles are to be rolled out under the Government's Climate Action Plan over the next five years. My Department, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, [...]
GALWAY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS AWARDED €264,300 IN CLÁR FUNDING
I am delighted to announce that six County Galway schools and community projects are to receive more than a quarter of a million euro in CLÁR funding. The funding, which is targeted at areas of [...]
GOOD NEWS FOR LISSADYRA RESIDENTS
Lissadyra housing estate in Tuam is set to be taken in charge by Galway County Council. The move means the county council will take over responsibility for roads, footpaths and public lighting. There are more [...]
LAUNCHING NATIONAL REUSE MONTH
As Minister of State in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, I had the pleasure of launching National Reuse Month at Collins Barracks in Dublin. The initiative, which will run for the [...]
STATEMENT ON THE NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN
"The vote earlier this week at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and the Environment to recommend reopening the procurement process for the National Broadband Plan is ill-advised and ill-timed. "The consequence of [...]