Monthly Archives: January 2012
Blog Post I am delighted that €700,000 has been allocated to Garrycastle Bridge as part of the Regional and Local Roads Scheme 2012. Safety is a huge issue here and people have had to deal with bottleneck traffic and bad road surfaces for a long time. I am glad that these issues can now finally [...]
Blog Post Minister of State for Small Business John Perry visited Mullingar last week to launch the New Business Idea Competition, an initiative of Westmeath County Council and the Community Development Board’s Economic Development Sub-Committee. The competition is aimed at creating a genuine opportunity for a new business in Westmeath and to encourage entrepreneurs to [...]
Dáil Statement Wednesday January 18th 2012 I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. In publishing the Bill, the Minister, Deputy Bruton, has recognised the urgent need for a fully reformed and modernised joint labour committee structure. Reform is needed to ensure that the system is constitutionally robust and representative of Ireland’s economic situation. This [...]
Blog Post It is expected that there will be over thirty minor road schemes built nationwide in 2012, removing particularly bad bends or improving particularly hazardous local conditions. In a number of cases the funding will be used to remove bottlenecks and tackle congestion. Given that Exchequer funding is currently so limited, the Department’s main priority this [...]
Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has welcomed the allocation of €1million in additional funding to address the needs of children with autism this year. “I very much welcome the announcement by Minister for Health James Reilly that an additional €1million in funding will be provided in 2012. A further €1million will follow [...]
Blog Post The Government’s new Spring Legislative Programme will continue to implement the Programme for Government commitments. The Government plans to publish 26 Bills in this Dáil term. The number of Dáil sitting days has allowed the Dáil increase its workload. From March 9th to December 2011 there were 99 Dáil sitting days, compared [...]
Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has said that the agri-food sector is on course for a strong year, following bumper export results for 2011. Deputy McFadden also confirmed that almost 98% of Single Farm Payments have been paid to farmers in Westmeath with outstanding payments set to be processed as quickly as [...]
Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has welcomed the recent announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney, that the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) will reopen this year. “TAMS will reopen for new applications for the Dairy Equipment Scheme, Rainwater Harvesting Scheme, Sheep Fencing/Handling Scheme and the Sow Welfare [...]
Press Release The decrease in road deaths in 2011 is to be welcomed but more improvements need to be made, according to Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden. “186 people tragically lost their lives on the road in 2011. Six of those deaths occurred in Westmeath and seven in the Roscommon and Longford areas. Our [...]