Deputy Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon. He would agree that if there is one trend to be observed in our country’s economic recovery it is how Dublin-centric it is. The lion’s share of new jobs are in the greater Dublin region and the property market over the last period of… Continue Reading
The Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Sean Kyne, has this morning (Wednesday) warmly welcomed the allocation of €200,000 in funding for the development of a 40-bed 3-star hostel in Cill Mhuirbhí on Inis Mór. The funding has been sanctioned by Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, TD, under the ‘Encouragement of… Continue Reading
Galway is to receive €543,000 in funding for arts festivals over the summer from the Arts Council. The amount represents over one quarter of the total spend of €2.1 million from the Council which is funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht. Funding is being made available to three Galway festivals including €470,000… Continue Reading
Galway is to receive just under €4 million in additional funding for improvements to and the maintenance of local and regional roads. The funding is being made available under the recent ‘Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs’ Package of which €50 million has been made available to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to support… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of the reduced VAT rate of 9%, which has had a significant positive effect on tourism industries, to coach passenger operators.. – Seán Kyne. REPLY Minister for Finance ( Mr Noonan) : The transport of passengers and their accompanying baggage is… Continue Reading