Press Releases from Minister Sean Canney TD.
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07, 2025
Seán Canney TD welcomes Athenry’s inclusion in new pilot school admissions system
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the announcement that Athenry will be one of just five [...]
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07, 2025
Minister Canney welcomes 11-week reduction in waiting times for Driving Tests
Minister with responsibility for Road Safety, Séan Canney, has welcomed a reduction of eleven weeks in the waiting time for a driving test. The average waiting time across the country now stands at just over [...]
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07, 2025
Minister Seán Canney Welcomes Carer’s Allowance Improvements That Will Benefit Hundreds of Families in Galway
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the announcement by Minister Dara Calleary TD of major improvements [...]
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07, 2025
Minister Seán Canney Welcomes Boost for Regional Investment in IDA Annual Report
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the publication of IDA Ireland’s Annual Report for 2024 and [...]
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07, 2025
Reforms to Speed Up Housing Delivery Welcomed by Minister Seán Canney
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed two key housing reforms approved by Government this week—both aimed [...]
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06, 2025
Minister Seán Canney Welcomes Progress on Ballinasloe and Gort Lowlands Flood Relief Schemes
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed progress on key flood relief schemes in Ballinasloe and Gort [...]
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06, 2025
Minister Seán Canney Welcomes Go-Ahead for State-of-the-Art STEM Facility at ATU Galway
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports, and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has today welcomed the signing of contracts that pave the way for [...]
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06, 2025
Minister Seán Canney welcomes €34.3m HealthTech ARC Hub to be headquartered at University of Galway
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the announcement that the new ‘Accelerating Research to Commercialisation’ (ARC) [...]
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06, 2025
Minister Seán Canney welcomes extension to Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the extension of the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) [...]
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06, 2025
Minister Canney Welcomes Government Approval to Draft Legislation to Unlock €1.5 Billion from National Training Fund
Sean Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed Cabinet approval to begin drafting legislation that will unlock a [...]