TAXING TIMES SO CLAIM IT BACK SAYS CANNEY
Tens of thousands of people are missing out by failing to claim back valuable tax refunds, according to Galway East TD and Minister of State for Rural Affairs Seán Canney. A recent survey published by [...]
CANNEY WELCOMES INCREASED FUNDING FOR PLAYGROUNDS
Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has welcomed increased Government funding for children's play and recreation facilities. Minister Canney said: "The Department for Children and Youth Affairs has increased Capital Grant [...]
ANNOUNCING €6.5 MILLION FOR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
Today I was very pleased to announce additional funding of €6.5 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund to support disadvantaged groups across the country. The Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2019 allocates funding to six measures [...]
ST OLIVER’S SCHOOL
I have more good news for Tuam with the investment of €4.3 million in a new special needs school for St Oliver’s School. I have been informed by officials in the Department of Education that [...]
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL STUDENTS
I want to wish all the Junior and Leaving Cert students the very best of luck in the exams starting today. It is important to bear in mind that you have done a lot of [...]
CHECK IT OUT!
Our most precious commodity is our health and Wednesday June 12 offers everyone in the Headford area an opportunity to check out how they are getting on. The Solas Family Resource Centre is inviting all [...]
VICAR STREET RAILWAY CROSSING
I have received very welcome confirmation from Irish Rail that it has agreed to dedicate a section of ground to allow for a safe pathway to be installed across the railway line at Vicar Street [...]
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY
I chaired the first meeting of the National Advisory Group on Volunteering this week. We have received 130 submissions to our call for papers on developing a National Volunteering Strategy, which is one of our [...]
ENGAGE AND EDUCATE AWARDS
I was honoured this week to present funding awards to five Awardees to develop projects under the Engage & Educate Fund 2019. The Awardees will share €150,000 as part of the three-year €450,000 fund established [...]
FUNDING OF OVER €18.5m FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Seán Canney, T.D., Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, today (Friday) announced funding of €18.5m over the coming three years to 73 national community and voluntary organisations. The funding is [...]