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Galway County councillor Andrew Reddington has welcomed reforms to the Community Employment Scheme and Rural Social Schemes which allow participants to remain on them until retirement and other benefits.

Fine Gael Deputy Ciaran Cannon has welcomed an allocation of just under €1m in funding for outdoor recreation projects across Co. Galway. The funding announcement has been made this week by Rural Affairs Minister Heather Humphreys as part of the national Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.

Funding of more than €900,000 was approved by the Government this week to develop walking/cycling trails at Letterfrack National Park, and in Portumna, Woodford, and Loughrea.

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Local Fine Gael Minister for Planning and Local Government, Deputy Peter Burke has welcomed Budget 2022, and highlights measures in his own Department as well as Social Welfare and Finance as key outcomes for the people of Westmeath.

The Government has agreed to enact a Bill which will clarify the law on how some property rights, such as rights of way, are validated and registered, providing certainty for landowners in Westmeath, local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has stated.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today announced a new €500,000 initiative designed to raise awareness of the positive role played by Social Enterprises.

Attempts to privatise Galway Local Employment Services need “to be fought in every town and county”, otherwise they will “lose their true value” in supporting “vulnerable people back into the workplace”.

Dolan welcomes funding for social enterprises

Moate is one of six towns and villages in Westmeath to benefit from a new fund to enhance streetscapes and shopfronts announced by government this week.