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 [...]
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 [...]
Draft LAP 2018 Public Consultation
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I met today with Shane Ross, Minister for Transport and Kevin Boxer Moran, Minister for the OPW, with Galway County Council officials. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues in relation to roads [...]
Galway County Council invites applications from Community and Voluntary groups, and individual artists for their Community Support Schemes 2018. Application forms are available from my constituency office.
I have received confirmation from Minister of State for OPW and Flood Relief Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran that OPW will consider favourably any application from Galway County Council for funding to provide flood gates for properties [...]
A public consultation process on the future of the CAP post 2020 is now underway. The consultation process will be open for an eight week period from Friday 26th January to Friday 23rd March. As [...]
