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ROBERT GRACE

At the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last Friday, July 15, Fine Gael TD for Longford Westmeath, Peter Burke, has asked why it is that Console is still listed on the Revenue website as a charity.

Deputy Peter Burke this week has echoed calls from colleagues in the Fine Gael party suggesting the possible introduction of an amnesty to incentivise charity workers to reveal information where allegations of improper conduct arise.

In response to a Parliamentary Question from Deputy Peter Burke, Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton has stated that he will be consulting with Athlone Institute of Technology shortly in relation to the upgrading of the college to a Technological University.

The Minister for Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has allocated a little more than €7 million to Westmeath as part of the first funding agreements for the delivery of the LEADER 2020 programme.

Fine Gael Deputy, Peter Burke, has called for the Hill of Uisneach to be promoted and protected.

Fine Gael Deputy for Longford-Westmeath, Peter Burke, has been appointed to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee.

As he enters his 50th year in local politics, it was fitting that the role of cathaoirleach for the coming year should go to Westmeath’s longest serving councillor, Fine Gael’s Frank McDermott.

Westmeath County Council is inviting Minister for the Environment Simon Coveney to meet with a deputation from the council, after confusion arose over an apparent mistake in a Ministerial direction to the council regarding windfarm development in the county.