National Posts
National posts and information articles by public representative Sean Canney TD for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland
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02, 2020
PLANET YOUTH STRATEGY LAUNCH
I joined President Higgins today at the launch of the Planet Youth Strategy and Implementation Framework in the Ard Rí House Hotel in Tuam. Planet Youth aims at preventing children and adolescents from initiating drug [...]
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01, 2020
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME SUPERVISORS SHOULD HAVE RECOGNISED STATUS
The employment status of Community Employment Scheme supervisors must to be regularised. The long running campaign by the Community Employment supervisors to have their employment status recognised by the Department of Social Protection has been [...]
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01, 2020
SHEEP WELFARE SCHEME
The fourth year of the Sheep Welfare Scheme will commence on February 1 2020. Existing participants in the scheme will be automatically enrolled and will not need to take any action should they wish to [...]
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01, 2020
MORE THAN €2.38 MILLION IN YOUTH FUNDING FOR GALWAY AND ROSCOMMON
More than €61 million in nationwide funding has been allocated for youth services for 2020, including more than €2.38 million for services in Galway and Roscommon. I am delighted at the Department of Children and [...]
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01, 2020
GREENWAYS FUNDING APPLICATIONS OPEN
A new applications process for the funding of greenways has been opened following the allocation of an additional €4.5 million from the Carbon Tax Fund. This is an opportunity for greenways projects which were excluded [...]
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01, 2020
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON WASTE ACTION PLAN
As part of our ambition to move towards a greener economy, my ministerial colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton TD, has announced the opening of a public consultation on [...]
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12, 2019
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Happy New Year 2020
I wish everyone a peaceful, prosperous and healthy New Year. I look forward to working with you all in 2020. My constituency office will re-open on the 6th Jan. Please feel free to contact me [...]
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12, 2019
PROCUREMENT RULES FOR SMALL JOBS SHOULD BE EASED
Procurement rules should be eased to help schools, voluntary groups, sports clubs and local organisations with carrying out small projects with public money. I have raised this matter with the Minister for Public Procurement, Patrick [...]
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12, 2019
LAUNCH OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION OF DRAFT NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY
As Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, I launched a public consultation process today for the draft National Volunteering Strategy 2020-2025. Volunteers make a vital contribution to Irish society, developing [...]
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12, 2019
FIRING THE STARTING PISTOL ON THE NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN
As Minister for Digital Development, I hosted a meeting of top officials of Local Authorities and senior executives of National Broadband Ireland (NBI) in Tullamore to hear of NBI’s plans for the roll-out of high [...]