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LAUNCH OF TOWN AND VILLAGE RENEWAL SCHEME 2020
I am delighted to announce that the €15 million Town and Village Renewal Scheme has been launched today. I am urging East Galway communities, businesses and organisations to apply for funding. The scheme will support [...]
PROGRESS FOR KILVOLAN JUNCTION
Phase One of the Kilvolan junction in Caherlistrane is now complete. This involved the setting back of boundaries and building a new stone wall. I acknowledge the generosity of the Queally family and the support [...]
€5 MILLION CLÁR PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
I am delighted to announced the launch of the €5 million CLÁR scheme for 2020. This is a very important scheme for Rural Ireland and I am urging Galway community groups, schools, clubs and health [...]
LAUNCH OF GEOSCIENCE IRELAND REPORT ON BUSINESS CLUSTERS
This week, as Minister for Natural Resources, I joined Geological Survey Ireland staff by Zoom for the launch of Geoscience Ireland's report on the formation and maintenance of a successful business cluster. Geoscience Ireland was [...]
TIDYTOWNS FUNDING FOR GALWAY STILL AVAILABLE
I am delighted that my department has decided to continue to make TidyTowns funding for 2020 available even though the competition for this year has been cancelled. It was disappointing but unavoidable the 2020 competition [...]
RESTART GRANT FUND FOR BUSINESSES OPENS FOR APPLICATIONS TODAY
The Government's Restart Grant offers direct aid of between €2,000 minimum and €10,000 for businesses based on their commercial rates bill from 2019. The scheme applies to small businesses with a turnover of under €5 [...]