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PROGRESS FOR CRAUGHWELL NATIONAL SCHOOL EXTENSION PROJECT
I have received confirmation that the tender pre-qualification for Craughwell National School's extension has been completed and candidates have been short-listed. I am pleased that significant progress has now been made. The next stage will [...]
€3.4 MILLION INVESTMENT IN KILRICKLE AND KILCOOLEY GROUP WATER SCHEME APPROVED
The long-awaited €3.4 million group water scheme for Kilrickle and Kilcooley has been approved by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy TD. Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán [...]
OPPORTUNITY FOR GALWAY COMMUNITIES TO APPLY FOR RECREATION FUNDING
I am urging Galway East community and leisure groups to apply for funding under the €10 million Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme which has been launched today. The scheme is part of a €30 million package [...]
PROGRESS FOR NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN IN GALWAY
Progress has been made with the National Broadband Plan (NBP) in County Galway. The first phase of the implementation plan is well under way. Nationally 22,000 premises have been surveyed, including several areas of County [...]
RESTART GRANT INFORMATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
The Government's Restart Grant offers direct aid of between €2,000 minimum and €10,000 for businesses based on their commercial rates bill from 2019. It opened for applications on May 22 and will close on August [...]
PROGRESS FOR THE R333 ROAD PROJECT AT CLARETUAM
I have received confirmation that the road safety audit is now complete for the section of the R333 from the Claretuam junction to Belclare Community Sports Field. The audit has confirmed that this section of [...]