Following last week's launch of the Government Action Plan for Community Response to COVID-19 by the Department of Rural and Community Development, this is a reminder that the department has an email helpline for registered [...]
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland has died. The patient is a male and in the east of the country, with an underlying health [...]
A reminder that there is a national helpline older people who have concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. ALONE - the organisation that supports older people - is operating the helpline in association with the Department [...]
CABINET ALSO APPROVES NEW PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES ON NPHET RECOMMENDATIONS The Government has today announced a National Covid-19 Income Support Scheme to provide financial support to Irish workers and companies affected by the crisis. In [...]
A reminder for volunteers, volunteer groups, community groups and those wishing to offer their services as volunteers. To support the community response to COVID-19, the Department of Rural and Community Development has developed a suite [...]
As TD for Galway East and Minister for Community Development, I am calling on people to go the extra mile to support charities if they are in a position to do so. Most of our [...]
Galway East TD and Minister for Community Development Seán Canney has called on people to go the extra mile to support charities if they are in a position to do so. Minister Canney, whose remit [...]
Local newspapers need our support. They are a vital source of news and information in our communities. Newspaper revenues have already been under threat from a dwindling advertising market and competition from digital publishers. Now [...]
Here are some dos and don'ts from my Department's Action Plan for Communities. VOLUNTEERS Safety should be your number one priority and make sure you have thesafeguards in place to protect you while you carry [...]
I am appealing to everyone to observe social distancing when using parks and walkways. We have so many wonderful facilities for walking around the constituency but people not observing the social distancing advice of keeping [...]
