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UPDATE ON GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND
The COVID-19 Emergency Fund is a grant programme to provide funding to groups that are directly involved in the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the immediacy of works related to COVID-19, the Council [...]
€1 MILLION RINGFENCED TO TACKLE UPSURGE IN ILLEGAL DUMPING
My department, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, has ringfenced €1 million from the Anti-Dumping Initiative to combat the upsurge of illegal dumping during the COVID-19 crisis. Illegal dumping is a health [...]
UPDATE FOR PPN MEMBERS FROM COVID-19 HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT
COCOONING VIDEO A video has been produced to explain cocooning. It can be easily shared and viewed here https://youtu.be/QZD7SHmVhA4 FIFTEEN MINUTES OF DAILY ACTIVITY AND FITNESS RTÉ has launched a 15-minute programme to help older [...]
EXTENSIONS FOR NCT AND DRIVING LICENCES
Measures have been introduced to extend a range of vehicle requirements, including NCT tests and driving licences. The extensions follow the closure of a number of Road Safety Authority Services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
COUNTY GALWAY COMMUNITY GROUPS COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND
Application Forms and Guidelines are now available for the Covid-19 Emergency Fund for community groups and organisations. The fund supports related to the COVID-19 community response, in particular those offering frontline services. Eligible applicants are [...]
CANCELLATION OF 2020 TIDYTOWNS COMPETITION
My ministerial colleague, Michael Ring TD, the has today announced the cancellation of the TidyTowns competition for 2020 in the interests of public health and safety. In a statement, Minister Ring said: “For over 60 [...]