31 01, 2018

Canney receives assurance on Kinvara flood relief measures

By | January 31st, 2018|Blog, Flood Relief, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, O P W|0 Comments

I have received confirmation from Minister of State for OPW and Flood Relief Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran that OPW will consider favourably any application from Galway County Council for funding to provide flood gates for properties [...]

31 01, 2018

CAP 2020 Consultation

By | January 31st, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

A public consultation process on the future of the CAP post 2020 is now underway. The consultation process will be open for an eight week period from Friday 26th January to Friday 23rd March. As [...]

31 01, 2018

Road allocation welcome

By | January 31st, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Over €23 million has been allocated for regional and local roads in County Galway in 2018, an increase of over €1.7 million on last year’s fund. Funding of €13.2 million for improvement works and €3.3 [...]

30 01, 2018

Council of Europe nomination

By | January 30th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

I have been nominated by the Government to serve on the Council of Europe and have been selected as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I attended my first meeting [...]

30 01, 2018

Announcement of a transport subsidy for fodder welcomed

By | January 30th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

The announcement of a transport subsidy by Minister Michael Creed will certainly be a relief for those with rapidly dwindling fodder supplies. ‘This is a long winter and farmers in Galway are particularly affected. Following [...]

29 01, 2018

Rebuild Ireland Home loan scheme for first time buyers welcomed

By | January 29th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Latest News, National|0 Comments

I welcome the announcement by the Housing Finance Agency of a Home Loan Scheme for first time house buyers as a positive development. ‘The scheme is also available to people who are first time self-building [...]

29 01, 2018

Welcoming grant allocation to existing group water schemes in Galway

By | January 29th, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Farming, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, O P W, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I have been informed by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy TD, of the initial block grant allocation under Measure 2 Enhancement of existing group water schemes of the Rural Water Programme [...]

29 01, 2018

The European Court of Auditors have verified the rapid decline in the number working in Agriculture

By | January 29th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

Last week I met with the European Court of Auditors at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Auditors Report demonstrated that the alarming decrease in farming population between 2005 to 2013 [...]

26 01, 2018

Welcoming proposed changes to planning laws

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

I welcome changes to the planning laws which would see three types of planning applications designated as exempted developments. Proposed changes to the Planning Act would see development by Irish Water related to the provision [...]

26 01, 2018

Galway 2020 Small Towns Bid Ideas Programme

By | January 26th, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Launch Events, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tourism, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Galway 2020 has launched the Small Towns Bid Ideas programme to which community groups can apply for funding to develop projects this year. A series of public meetings across Galway city and county over the [...]