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NATIONAL ENTERPRISE TOWN AWARDS
I attended the Bank of Ireland National Enterprise Town Awards presentation in Portumna today. The competition promotes enterprise by bringing business and community groups together in towns and villages across Ireland to showcase the spirit [...]
HAVE “ONE GOOD IDEA” FOR CLIMATE ACTION
I am urging Galway primary and post primary students to come up with One Good Idea about energy saving and climate action and then to make a short film about it.
RESTORE THE REHABILITATIVE TRAINING ALLOWANCE
The Rehabilitative Training Allowance for people with disabilities should be restored as a matter of urgency. The weekly allowance of €31.80 is currently being paid to 3,700 trainees but 400 students and new entrants will [...]
SUPPORTING FAMILY CARERS
I had a very useful meeting at the constituency office this week with Francis Kane, Carers Supports Manager for Family Carers Ireland in Galway. We discussed Family Carers Ireland's 2020 Budget submission. I am working [...]
MAJOR ATHENRY FOOD INNOVATION PROJECT READY TO PROCEED
Athenry's multi-million euro BIA Innovator campus is ready to move towards construction with the signing of the lease on the land for Teagasc to allow the project to proceed. I have received confirmation of the [...]
DATA PRIVACY
I gave the keynote address at the National Data Privacy Conference in Dublin this week in my role as Minister for Digital Development. With the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data [...]