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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 [...]
DEVELOPING RURAL IRELAND DIGITALLY
As the National Broadband Plan continues to be delayed, rural affairs and digital development have rarely been so intertwined in Ireland. Odrán Waldron talks to Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital [...]
CALLING ALL YOUNG SCIENTISTS!
I am calling on students from across Galway to submit their entries for the 2020 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE).