26 01, 2018

Increased funding for house and community energy upgrades

By | January 26th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

I welcome the extension of the Warmer Home Scheme to include families in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance from January 1st 2018. ‘In addition a grant of €3,500 for heat pumps and a 33% grant [...]

25 01, 2018

Springboard+ 2018

By | January 25th, 2018|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

I welcome the decision by the Department of Education to include people in employment in Springboard+ 2018 courses for the first time. ‘Springboard+ forms part of the Action Plan for Education, which aims to make [...]

24 01, 2018

Welcome correction of pension anomaly

By | January 24th, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, National, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I welcome a decision by the Government to correct a pension anomaly that has existed for many people – particularly women – since 2012. In recent months, many people expressed concerns about their pension rates, [...]

24 01, 2018

Portumna gets go-ahead for two new developments

By | January 24th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Portumna Area, Tourism|0 Comments

News that planning permission has been granted for a new primary care centre and a tourist car and bus park in Portumna was welcomed this week by Seán Canney TD. The Galway East TD welcomed [...]

24 01, 2018

Seamount College to benefit from Emergency Works Funding

By | January 24th, 2018|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News|0 Comments

News that funding has been granted to Seamount College, Kinvara by the Department of Education under the Emergency Works scheme is very welcome. The funding will be used for structural work on the school. The [...]

23 01, 2018

Have your say on the Tuam Local Area Plan

By | January 23rd, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

The Draft Tuam Local Area Plan 2018-2024 will be on public display and may be inspected from Friday 19th January 2018 to Friday 2nd March 2018. The Draft Tuam Local Area Plan 2018-2024 along with [...]

22 01, 2018

Have your say on electoral areas in County Galway

By | January 22nd, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Loughrea Area, National, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Have your say on electoral areas in County Galway.

18 01, 2018

Galway Parkinsons receives €40,000 in funding

By | January 18th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News|0 Comments

Galway Parkinsons was this week allocated €40,000 in funding from the HSE, which is a very welcome development for people in Galway county and living with Parkinsons. This funding under a Section 39 application follows [...]

18 01, 2018

Dog owners – be careful during lambing season

By | January 18th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News|0 Comments

As the lambing season approaches I would urge all dog owners to keep their dogs under control at all times. Every year farmers in county Galway lose sheep to dog attacks and I would urge [...]

17 01, 2018

Streamlined process needed for critical infrastructure projects

By | January 17th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Latest News, National, O P W|0 Comments

Important applications for projects involving housing, data, transport and inward investment are being held up because of needless delays in the processes involved and there is a need for a more streamlined appeal process for [...]