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The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon Ó Cuív will be holding a public meeting in Ballina on Monday November 2 at 8pm in the Ballina Sports and Leisure Centre.

Mayo Deputy Michael Ring, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has questioned the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Dáil this week in relation to second-year payments in REPS 4.

Mayo Deputy Michael Ring, Fine Gael spokesperson for community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, has indicated that he and his colleague, Deputy Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael spokesperson for justice, equality, and law reform, intend to put down a private members’ motion in the Dáil regarding elderly people and crime.

The introduction of a carbon tax in the December Budget will have a dramatically negative impact on rural Ireland, the Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, has claimed.

The Irish language is worth in excess of €136 million annually to the economy of Galway city and county, supports more than 5,000 jobs, and more than 90 per cent of city businesses believe that it is a unique selling point for Galway’s image and cultural identity.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, has announced that a total review will take place regarding funding and organisation of community-based, state-funded organisations in the Gaeltacht, in the near future. This review will provide for realigned and restructured state-funded groups with a role in language planning, community, enterprise development, and social inclusion.

Visitors to www.logainm.ie can now listen to sound files that have been added to 713 placenames in Mayo. Sound files in Irish and English have been added to the names of the baronies, civil parishes, and electoral districts as well as the names of some physical features.

Fine Gael leader Dep Enda Kenny has welcomed the funding provided by the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs to Mayo during 2009. In total, €61,049 has been provided to 12 beneficiaries.

Fine Gael leader Dep Enda Kenny has welcomed funding sanctioned by the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs to Mayo County Council for providing and upgrading rural recreational projects in north Mayo. This funding will be used to extend the North Mayo Coastal Trail and develop a linear cycle route as part of the national cycle network as well as improved signage, parking, and toilet facilities in certain areas. It will form part of the €750,000 investment by Fóram Pobail Iarthuaisceart Mhaigh Eo’s plan for the area.