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Councillors from the Castlebar Municipal District have said that they will join with local residents in the Keelogues area if a proposed five-week road closure to facilitate works on the new N5 goes ahead.

What were your politicans talking about this week?

The HSE Regional Health Forum took place this week

The February meeting of the Castlebr Muncipal District took place this week. 

A councillor has said that officials in Transport Infrastructure Ireland overseeing Mayo "must be living on the moon" in relation to a response that was received to his notice of motion, calling for the reduction in the speed limit at the junction of Ardboley North on the Claremoris Road in Balla from 80km to 60km per hour.

Mayo County Councillors have hit out at the allocation of just €1,840,000 from the government under their Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan and Local Authority Home Loan Allocations for 2022.

Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne has put forward four questions for the upcoming HSE Regional Forum which will take place on February 22. The four questions that Cllr Kilcoyne has out forward to be answered are: (1) Is the cost of taking a blood sample by a GP covered in all circumstances for medical card holders? If not, in what circumstances is it not covered? If a GP charges a medical card holder for taking blood in circumstances where the cost of same is covered by the medical card, what action does the HSE propose to take on the matter? (2) How many people in Mayo are on the waiting list for hip or knee replacements and the number waiting for less than 1 year, more than 1 year and more than 2 years? (3) How many dentists in County Mayo and in County Galway provide services to people under the medical card scheme? and (4) Does the Orpea Group own or operate any nursing homes in the Community Services, HSE West area of responsibility? Do they operate or provide any home care in the Community Services, HSE West area?

There was a fracturing of opinions amongst councillors on the next steps to take in relation to the reduction of speed limits in Breaffy, at the January meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District.

It is time to move on from debates in the council chamber over the revelation that Mayo County Council had to refund over €1m drawn down for projects that were then not worked on - a number of councillors in Castlebar Municipal District said this week.

A number of Mayo county councillors have raised concerns that a newly drafted play strategy could halt the development of playgrounds in the county for the next ten years.