My Top 10 Priorities for East Galway

Agriculture

Rural Revitalisation

Healthcare

Climate Crisis

Rural Crime

Tourism

Housing

Children

Flooding

Vulnerable Groups

Programme For Government

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My Bills

Once a Bill has been passed by the Dáil and Seanad, the President signs it into law. It becomes an Act and is added to the Statute Book.

Making new laws is one of the main tasks of the Oireachtas. A draft of a proposed new law is called a Bill. Once a Bill is signed into law by the President, it becomes an Act and is added to the Statute Book. The Oireachtas passes approximately 40 Acts each year.

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A Closer Look At My Work

Ireland’s First Ever National Hub Summit

by ElodieGolden | November 30, 2022 | Remote Working | 0 Comments

Number of remote working hubs to pass 300 in major new milestone Almost 10,000 users now on Connected Hubs platform Rural Counties given financial firepower to lure workers from the cities Minister announces new national hub strategy and pilot scheme to match...

Skills for Better Business – a new resource SMEs

by ElodieGolden | November 30, 2022 | Enterprise, Innovation | 0 Comments

Online Assessment tool and Courses resource to assist owners and managers Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, today launched...

200 businesses set to take part in a free Commercial Fleet Trial for electric cars and vans

by ElodieGolden | November 30, 2022 | Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Crisis | 0 Comments

The Department of Transport and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have today announced the launch of a Commercial Fleet Trial. Businesses will be trialing a fully electric vehicle to see how they can work for their business to save money and...

700 student beds funded by State and Universities in new partnership

by ElodieGolden | November 29, 2022 | Students | 0 Comments

The Government will help fund the construction of 700 student beds in Maynooth, Limerick and Galway universities in the first stage of a new plan to tackle the college accommodation crisis. SOME 700 student beds will be partially funded by the state in partnership...

Digitisation of the 1926 Census

by ElodieGolden | November 23, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Heritage | 0 Comments

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, has announced that the individual returns from the 1926 Census will be published online, searchable and free of charge in April 2026. The project will be undertaken by the National...

Government announces allocations of more than €22 million in supports to third-level students

by ElodieGolden | November 23, 2022 | education, Funding, Students | 0 Comments

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has announced the allocations of €17.1 million in student supports and €5 million to support students’ mental health and wellbeing. Additional supports were provided in Budget...

€16.2 million to support 15 research projects led by Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology

by ElodieGolden | November 17, 2022 | education, Science Research, Technology | 0 Comments

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced €16.2 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland for 15 collaborative projects aimed at increasing research capacity within the Technological...

Government approves the drafting of ground-breaking legislation for the Co-operative Sector

by ElodieGolden | November 17, 2022 | Co-operatives, Social Enterprise | 0 Comments

New Legislation will encourage the growth of Co-operatives in Ireland and is the most far-reaching reform in this area for over a century The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD has secured Government agreement to...

Government announce details of 4 Cost of Living Lump Sum Supports

by ElodieGolden | November 17, 2022 | Ability, Child Benefit, Child Welfare, Community, Community Health, Cost of Living, Disability, Social Protection | 0 Comments

Government announces details of 4 cost of living lump sum supports to be paid this week total of €325 million to be paid to 865,000 people older people, working families and people with disabilities to benefit €400 Fuel Allowance lump sum payment €500 cost of living...

Croí Cónaithe Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Expanded

by ElodieGolden | November 15, 2022 | Housing | 0 Comments

More good news for prospective homeowners and local communities today. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage ‘s Croí Cónaithe Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant is now being expanded and will cover all parts of the country. The grant to restore...