28 02, 2018

€942k roads boost for Galway

By | February 28th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

Galway has received €942,000 for minor roads that do not fall under the remit of the County Council as part of funding announced today under the Local Improvement Scheme. This is a very welcome boost [...]

21 02, 2018

Pay disparity for school secretaries

By | February 21st, 2018|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

I raised the plight of school secretaries during a recent Dáil debate on employment conditions last week. Speaking during a debate on the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, I welcomed the Bill in that it [...]

20 02, 2018

Fund to fight illegal dumping

By | February 20th, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

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 [...]

14 02, 2018

Frustrated with lack of progress on Merlin Park theatres

By | February 14th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News|0 Comments

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 [...]

14 02, 2018

Reform of judicial review of strategic infrastructure projects

By | February 14th, 2018|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

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 [...]

9 02, 2018

Funding from the OPW for projects in Galway East

By | February 9th, 2018|Blog, Flood Relief, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, O P W|0 Comments

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 [...]

6 02, 2018

TUAM LOCAL AREA PLAN

By | February 6th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Draft LAP 2018 Public Consultation

6 02, 2018

Canney raises CE scheme issues as Pobal appears before committee on rural affairs

By | February 6th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

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 [...]

6 02, 2018

Increased funding for roads in Tuam area

By | February 6th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Tuam Municipal District has received in excess of €4 million in funding for 2018 as part of the annual roads programme, a welcome increase on previous years. The allocation is part of the roads programme [...]

5 02, 2018

Record year for overseas visitors

By | February 5th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, National, Tourism|0 Comments

This week I welcomed the publication of official data on overseas travel for 2017 from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed an increase of 3.6% in overseas visits to Ireland for 2017 compared to [...]