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SCHOOL SECRETARIES
I visited the School Secretaries' protest outside the Department of Education offices in Athlone today. I am making every effort to get meaningful talks recommenced within the Workplace Relations Commission as soon as possible.
TUAM INTREO CENTRE GOES TO TENDER
The tender for the construction of the new €2.5 million Intreo Centre in Tuam has been issued. This is very welcome news. The new Intreo Centre on the site of the Old Library in Shop [...]
LEADER FUNDING FOR ATHENRY GALWAY 2020 PROJECT
I am delighted that a major Galway 2020 project in Athenry has been awarded LEADER funding from my Department, the Department of Rural and Community Development. Funding totalling €41,450 has been awarded to Amicitia Health [...]
HUGE BOOST FOR EAST GALWAY SPORTS CAMPUS
I am delighted that the East Galway Sports Campus has been awarded a significant Government grant to develop its facilities. The campus at New Inn has been allocated funding of €749,000 for its major sports [...]
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON WASTE ACTION PLAN
As part of our ambition to move towards a greener economy, my ministerial colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton TD, has announced the opening of a public consultation on [...]
IRISH GEOSCIENCE EARLY CAREER SYMPOSIUM
As Minister for Natural Resources, I had the honour of giving the opening speech at the Irish Geoscience Early Career Symposium iGEO2020 at NUI Galway today. This is an important two-day event aimed at developing [...]