It’s taking up to 6 weeks to replace a lost or damaged passport! The Passport Service is currently in its peak season for passport demand with the vast majority of applications being received between February and August each year. At present, renewal applications received through the Online Passport Renewal Service are being processed within the target turnaround time …
€300k fund for sustainable communities
Is your community interested in developing community solutions to reduce, reuse & recycle waste? On Friday 21st June applications were opened to the community and voluntary sector to focus on creating Sustainable Communities through the Circular Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Waste. Apply for support under a new #sustainablecommunities grant scheme. Find out more here https://www.communityfoundation.ie/insights/news/100000-in-grants-to-encourage-sustainable-communities?fbclid=IwAR1l12biq2J1UPQB769aVkER9dhZP3D9kTOM0f2UhFR8LGzfKKIvczWpNKw
Why did Labour kick broadband ownership decision beyond 2016 election?
I’ve been amazed at some of the commentary this week by former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD. Brenda has taken a new found interest in the ownership model on broadband infrastructure but yet has failed to explain why he and then Communications Minister Alex White, decided not to make a decision on the ownership model for …
Broadband will be more important than electricity
There is nobody in Ireland who believes that any home, regardless of location, should be without electricity. That belief is what drove the politicians of the last century to deliver on rural electrification. If that decision was determined purely on a cost benefit analysis then today we would have homes in Ireland without this basic human requirement. But could we …
Government must stand by commitment to Rosalie residents
Here is a copy of last Julys letter: Min Naughten 10th July Rosalie
€1.5m handout to disappearing children
Each year 900 children disappear from our primary schools; the Department of Education does not know where they have gone. But the Department of Social Protection continues to hand out €1.5m a year in child benefit payments to their parents. It’s good to talk, so why don’t our schools, Tusla and Social Welfare talk to each other? It’s time not …
We must press the pause button on issuing licences for oil exploration
Over the last year I’ve had the opportunity to change Irish Government policy and to review other aspects of policy. As a result I’ve changed my mind on the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 and I believe that Ireland should not issue new oil exploration licences in our territorial waters. My view has …
Cash grants for schools, playgrounds and community wellbeing
I’m encouraging local community groups to work with both Roscommon & Galway County Council’s on proposals for grants that support projects in rural areas. CLÁR programme has just been launched and it provides funding for small scale projects in rural areas that have suffered significant levels of population decline. The kind of projects being funded under the 2019 CLÁR programme …
Check your broadband colour code!
Check your broadband colour code! Through the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the Government is committed to ensuring that every household and business in Ireland has access to high quality, high speed broadband of at least 30Mbps. This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment by the telecommunications sector and a State Intervention in those areas where the …
Roscommon walks – Let’s get walking……..
Get out & get active by trying one of our local walks. see them here: Roscommon Walks 16.01.19 final copy