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Parent’s Benefit payments of €14 million were issued to families during April to July 2021, with the number of parents availing of the payment increasing almost five-fold compared to the same period in 2020, local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has confirmed.

A total of €628,389 has been allocated for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Westmeath, as part of the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ project, local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, confirmed this week.

Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has implored the HSE and South Westmeath Hospice committee to immediately engage in “meaningful and progressive” discussion to resolve outstanding issues pertaining to the relocation of palliative care beds from the existing St Vincent’s Care Centre to the new Community Nursing Unit at Clonbrusk.

Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has called on Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to take urgent action in relation to addressing the backlog of people waiting for both the driver theory test and driving tests.

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Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has announced funding to provide additional financial support to Westmeath County Council ensuring sufficient provision is made for bins, waste collection and portaloos where necessary as well as any further measures required at key locations ahead of an outdoor summer.

A sum totalling €276,433 has been allocated for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Westmeath, as part of the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ project, local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke has confirmed.

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Fine Gael Mayo based Senator Paddy Burke has said that he has been told by the Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, that he has issued a circular to local authorities and An Bord Pleanala, that will allow councils to grant planning permission for housing developments that are of lower density than that currently required in rural towns.

A new outdoor dining scheme, announced this week, is set to transform Westmeath's towns and villages with street cafes and public spaces.