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Fund to fight illegal dumping
An allocation of €67,663 in funding has been made available for an anti-dumping initiative in County Galway this year. Applications are now open for community groups to apply for funding under the Anti-Dumping Initiative 2018 [...]
Frustrated with lack of progress on Merlin Park theatres
Patients in the HSE West region are being let down badly by the lack of progress in terms of delivering orthopaedic theatres at Merlin Park Hospital. It is incredible that it will take a full [...]
Reform of judicial review of strategic infrastructure projects
I welcome government approval for a package of measures to streamline the judicial review of strategic infrastructure projects. The Government has already agreed to amend the Strategic Infrastructure Act to include data centres within its [...]
Funding from the OPW for projects in Galway East
I welcome the allocation of funding from the Office of Public Works of €104,400 for projects in Galway East. The projects are funded under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme. ‘The three projects to be [...]
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 [...]