While plans are progressing locally for Galway’s bid to be the 2020 European Capital of Culture an unexpected delay has emerged given the absence of the formal call for submissions which the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht must initiate under the EU process. The City Council and other interested stakeholders are working to prepare an… Continue Reading
The future of one of Ireland’s oldest community radio stations is secure following the identification of a new funding programme. Last week I raised the funding application and future of Connemara Community Radio’s future in the Dáil arising from concerns brought to me by volunteers and listeners of the service. The Letterfrack-based station serves over 11,500 people… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources pending the completion of the national mapping exercise for the national broadband plan, if public meetings will be held on a regional basis so that householders and business owners will have an opportunity to find out if their home or business is in an area… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if support schemes exist to assist with the introduction of energy efficient heating sources such as wood pellet burning and bio-mass fuels; if such schemes will be examined with a view to introducing such energy efficient means into the stock of public buildings across the… Continue Reading
State’s reform of procurement process must be fair on SMEs and take into account the local economic benefits of State contracts The State’s ongoing reform of the procurement process must take into account the indirect benefits which accrue when local small to medium-sized businesses win public service contracts. Each year the State spends over €8.5… Continue Reading