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If the number of junior ministers is to be abolished, it should only be done as part of a root and branch reform of Government and the public service, according to Galway West TD Frank Fahey.

Concerns have been expressed over the proposed new Garda station for Ballyvary which is not included on the current Garda priority list and will not go to construction in 2009.

County Engineer Joe Beirne warned the elected members of Mayo County Council that the there could be a scale back on the roadworks budget that was agreed by the council at their budget meeting. Beirne told the members that the council received a letter from the Department of Transport on February 26 which outlined that “The department is compiling data on existing contractual legal commitments on foot of regional and local road grants allocated to your authority, and potential new commitments to be entered into in 2009”. It went on to say that “New contractual commitments will now require prior approval by the Department of Finance. Accordingly, pending completion of the data by the department and securing the necessary Department of Finance sanction, no further contractual commitments on foot of regional and local road grants may be entered into by your authority”.

In my company, Celtic Bookmakers, we employ 300 people. Our payroll is our most significant overhead. We were spending more than €7 million annually on pay.

In my company, Celtic Bookmakers, we employ 300 people. Our payroll is our most significant overhead. We were spending more than €7 million annually on pay.

In my company, Celtic Bookmakers, we employ 300 people. Our payroll is our most significant overhead. We were spending more than €7 million annually on pay.

Castlebar Town Councillor Harry Barrett has labelled as “short-sighted” a decision by Government to halt planned spending on almost 80 national road-building schemes, worth billions of euro, until further notice. Four schemes between Longford and Westport on the N5 will be affected along with four other schemes on the N13, N14, and N15 group of roads in the northwest.

The average debt owed by clients seeking help from the Money and Budgetary Services (MABS) offices in Galway was €26,400 as at end of June last which was above the national average of €15,100, that is according to figures obtained from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

With Exchequer funds shrinking, Revenue inspectors have focused on their powers for tax collection and are moving much quicker on late tax payments especially VAT.

With Exchequer funds shrinking, Revenue inspectors have focused on their powers for tax collection and are moving much quicker on late tax payments especially VAT.