As Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources and and Fine Gael TD for Galway West and Mayo South, I welcome the funding of €231,000 for rural recreation projects in Galway. The funding for Galway has been confirmed to me by my colleague, Minister for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring and is part of a national… Continue Reading
Listen back to my interview on Galway Bay FM on this issue. Galway is receiving a total of €2.6m for group water and waste-water schemes across the county. The allocations are being made under the Government’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016 – 2018 with Galway County Council leading the improvement and maintenance works. The €2.6m… Continue Reading
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is to continue funding the programme of managing and removing an invasive plant from Lough Corrib. At a special meeting of the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland in Dublin at the end of June I informed both the board and the CEO that the continuation of the programme for removing Lagorosiphon… Continue Reading
Recently I launched ‘Labhair Gaeilge Liom’ or ‘Speak Irish with me’, an initiative of SOLAS – An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna – the Further Education and Training Authority. ‘Speak Irish with me’ is an online Irish language course run by SOLAS eCollege and specifically supports beginners or any learner who has not used Irish… Continue Reading
The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney has informed me that the public consultation period on the application by the Marine Institute for a foreshore lease on Galway Bay has been extended from Tuesday, 2nd August to Friday, 9th September. This extension follows on from two previous extensions granted in June and… Continue Reading