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A motion was put forward at the January meeting of Mayo County Council to have the sliding scale per square foot in the recently introduced defective concrete block scheme for pyrite effected homes, removed.

Conradh na Gaeilge is calling on the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing to withdraw an appeal made by the Department of Housing to a High Court ruling which said earlier this year that citizens seeking certain planning documents in Irish should be able to do so.

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) this week launched an enhanced Building Energy Rating (BER) which will make it easier for homeowners to have a warmer, more comfortable home with lower energy bills.

As the smoke begins to clear from the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, the provision of housing will more and more take centre stage, with a huge mountain to climb before we get to a situation where supply comes even close to meeting demand.

Whats been going on around the county? 

A city residents group, which is spearheading a plan to build a community centre in their area but are awaiting Government funding, will meet with the Minister for Housing later this month in a bid to speed up the process.

Fianna Fáil Senator for Roscommon/Galway, Eugene Murphy, has welcomed the significant allocations and targets under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for Social Housing.

Galway County Council will contact Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage Darragh O’Brien to get clarification on housing projects in rural areas.

Fine Gael TD, Alan Dillon, has ramped-up pressure on the prioritisation of the two projects to be awarded funding from the soon to be announced Urban Regeneration and Development Fund.

Construction of a new fire station in Athenry is now a priority project for the Galway County Council, as acquisition of a site is almost complete and a design team is to be appointed to take the project through the planning process and construction.