Results 21-40 of 54 for sligo speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Innovation Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: ...: Applications by Local Authority - Local Authority Valid applications received Applications approved Funding awarded 1 Tipperary 4 2 €14,000 2 Meath 1 0 - 3 Longford 2 0 - 4 Roscommon 2 0 - 5 Sligo 2 2 €105,000 6 Wicklow 4 2 €9,600 7 Mayo 2 2 €66,244 8 Westmeath 1 1 €53,000 9 Cork City 2 1 €8,000 10 Offaly 3 2 €80,000 11...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Canney: ...127 187 157 Kildare 15 23 11 Kilkenny 10 6 6 Laois 16 10 0 Leitrim 2 1 6 Limerick City & County 249 274 84 Longford 21 21 6 Louth 55 48 40 Mayo 15 17 25 Meath 15 4 4 Monaghan 14 8 9 Offaly 38 31 12 Roscommon 51 27 5 Sligo 22 5 3 South Dublin  81 74 61 Tipperary 130 195 143 Waterford City & County 80 32 9 Westmeath 51 54 35 Wexford 232 171 121...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: ...namely, basic skills, economic well-being, physical and mental well-being, and history, culture and heritage. The action group agreed to pilot the smart community initiative in Tubbercurry, County Sligo. Factors taken into account in selecting Tubbercurry included the presence of strong active community groups, a local presence of all the stakeholders in the action group, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: The Senator is correct that no Department should work in a silo. The Tubbercurry smart community is an example of where a number of groups and agencies have come together. When I was there, Sligo IT was very active as well, and, therefore, education comes into it. Returning to what has been said about Grow Remote, I have been informed by the IDA that foreign direct investors want to know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: ...seen at first hand the example of Tubbercurry. There are many moving parts, but they are all moving together in synch. That is very important. They are on the same page as the local authority, Sligo IT, An Post and all of the other organisations involved in that action group. They are a solid block moving together. It comes back to what Senator Coffey said about Departments being...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ..., and has enabled the following organisations to purchase Public Service Vehicles since 2017: Year of approval Organisation Funding approved 2017 Community of Lough Arrow Social Project (Co. Sligo) €21,600 2018 Galway Centre for Independent Living €73,920 2018 Lucan Disability Action Group €35,109 2018 Vantastic (Dublin) €50,880The 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: .... The Atlantic Economic Corridor Taskforce Meeting Location Date Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo 6/3/2017 University of Limerick 16/05/2017 NUIG Galway 25/7/2017 The Building Block, Sligo 6/11/2017 Limerick City and County Council Chambers 12/3/2018 NUIG, Galway 29/6/2018 Roscommon County Council 08/10/2018 Leitrim County Council Chambers 10/12/2018Three subgroups have...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Appointed Kerry County Council Appointed Leitrim County Council Appointed Limerick City & County Council Appointed Mayo County Council Appointed Roscommon County Council Appointed Sligo County Council Interim BasisMy Department provided funding in 2018 to the relevant Local Authorities as part of a commitment to support the work of the AEC Officers. This funding is based...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...: Applications by Local Authority Local Authority Valid applications received Applications approved Funding awarded 1 Tipperary 4 2 €14,000 2 Meath 1 0 - 3 Longford 2 0 - 4 Roscommon 2 0 - 5 Sligo 2 2 €105,000 6 Wicklow 4 2 €9,600 7 Mayo 2 2 €66,244 8 Westmeath 1 1 €53,000 9 Cork City 2 1 €8,000 10 Offaly 3 2 €80,000 11...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Authority Blackspots 1 Carlow 36 2 Donegal 6 3 & 4 Galway City Council / Galway County Council 64 5 Kerry 56 6 Kildare 6 7 Leitrim 18 8 Limerick 36 9 Longford 84 10 Mayo 2 11 Meath 8 12 Roscommon 19 13 Sligo 4 14 Tipperary 29 15 Waterford 4 16 Westmeath 8 17 Wicklow 10

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Volunteer Centre €133,312 €146,600 €146,600 Longford Volunteer Centre €64,923 €90,000 €95,000 Louth Volunteer Centre €103,730 €114,100 €114,100 Mayo Volunteer Bureau €102,242 €112,500 €112,500 Meath Volunteer Centre €100,552 €110,600 €110,600 Monaghan Volunteer...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...;83,823.04 €66,647.00 €80,000.00 Limerick €78,490.00 €78,093.10 €80,901.70 €0.00 Longford €27,936.00 €81,992.87 €81,611.93 €80,000.00 Louth €54,957.58 €79,478.63 €85,427.83 €87,157.00 Mayo €74,339.20 €80,500.29 €76,602.40 €80,002.00 Meath €13,498.37...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Western Development Commission (11 Dec 2018)

Seán Canney: ...Commission Act 1998. The main aim of the commission is to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the western region, covering the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare. A Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to reinforce the role of the WDC. This has been done in a number of ways. For example, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: ...being spent correctly and if there is value for money. I guess that the stark reality here is happening throughout Europe. I think of the west of Ireland and places such as Galway, Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Clare and Kerry and I wonder what type of country we will have 20 years hence. We will have a country with no people living in rural areas and big farmers who will be farming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Canney: ...to the overdevelopment on the east coast is not targeted properly in the NPF. That needs to be the big ticket item for us in the western half of the country from Cork through Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Donegal to Derry. The technological university status granted to the colleges in Galway, Letterkenny and Sligo is part of that concept. The Minister for Rural and Community Development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Canney: ...people unable to live and work on account of the expense and the congestion. We need to create a counterbalance, and the key ingredient for the cities in an arc from Cork, Limerick, Galway and Sligo up to Derry and Belfast is infrastructure. In modern Ireland this includes roads, railways, connectivity, broadband, water and wastewater, and these need to be developed to create jobs. Mr....

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Seán Canney: ...with the commitments in the programme for Government in respect of the Atlantic economic corridor. This corridor, which is a counterbalance to overdevelopment in Dublin, links Cork, Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Derry and aims to create a critical mass that will enable the region to attract industries and jobs and keep people in their homes and parishes. The Atlantic economic corridor...

Topical Issue Debate: Decentralisation Programme (25 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...total of 600 jobs were decentralised to Donegal, Mayo, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Galway in the previous decentralisation programme. Jobs in the Department of Social Protection were decentralised to Sligo. I agree with Deputy Scanlon that it is necessary to have infrastructure and to extend the roads and motorways. That is our intention. The vision for the Atlantic economic corridor...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...0 27 Longford County Council 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 2 16 Mayo County Council 8 5 4 1 0 2 1 6 1 28 Meath Council County 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 9 Offaly County Council 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Roscommon County Council 5 14 6 2 1 1 0 10 4 43 Sligo County Council 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 Tipperary County Council 2 15 5 7 0 1 4 7 4 45 Westmeath County Council 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Totals 32 162 59 61 21 21 41...

Topical Issue Debate: Forest Fires (10 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...the advice of the emergency services and to stay away from any areas affected by the fires. Any uncontrolled or unattended fires should be reported to emergency services. I understand the Sligo Camino follows the Sligo Way through some of the finest scenery in the west of Ireland. The route is a challenging mixture of tracks, trails and forest paths. The Department of Agriculture,...