Members of the public in County Clare are being urged to provide input on the finalising of a 7-year strategy outlining the proper planning and sustainable development of County Clare. A public information and consultation session relating to the Draft Clare County Development Plan 2011-2017 will take place at Àras Contae an Chláir in Ennis from 1.00pm to 5.30pm on Monday 15th February 2010. The...
Over 100 Family Carers throughout Ireland are actively participating in a European Commission research project aimed at improving training systems and good practices in the provision of care in the home. Ireland’s participation in the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013, the Leonardo da Vinci Cosefamie Project is now entering its second year with partners from France, Corsica, Italy, Sicily...
Minister of State Mr. Tony Killeen, T.D., has confirmed that capital funding has been approved for four housing projects in Ennis and the West Clare communities of Tullycreen and Knockadereen, located between Kilrush and Kilmihil. Minister of State Killeen said the capital investment will provide some 22 units of accommodation for people with specific categories of need including older people...
Tony Killeen T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has reminded Clare farmers that they should start thinking about whether they need a nitrates derogation for the current year. The local Deputy said farmers who intend to apply for a derogation must have a fertiliser plan on the farm by 1st March, submit a copy of the fertiliser plan with the application...
Junior Agriculture Minister Tony Killeen T.D. is urging Clare growers whose crops were damaged or destroyed during the recent cold spell to apply for funding under a newly announced compensation scheme. The local T.D. confirmed today that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has proposed to provide some compensation for damage to potatoes and vegetables caused by frost in January of...
Tony Killeen, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with special responsibility for Forestry, Fisheries and the Marine, has welcomed the conclusion of EU/Norway consultations on fisheries in Brussels yesterday which gives long term stability for the mackerel stock Minister Killeen expressed his relief that measures were agreed with Norway on a number of fronts...
Payments totalling more than 45 million euro have been issued to County Clare farmers under the Farm Waste Management Scheme during the last five years, according to Junior Agriculture Minister Tony Killeen. The Fianna Fail T.D. said that almost 5 million euro has been received by 356 Clare farmers in the first three weeks of 2010 alone, in respect of the second tranche of grant payments of 40...
Junior Agriculture Minister and Clare T.D., Mr. Tony Killeen has warmly welcomed the decision by the Russian Federation to reopen its market to Irish pigmeat with effect from the beginning of February. The market has been closed since the dioxin incident in December 2008. According to Minister of State Killeen: “The temporary ban on imports of Irish pork and pork products has been lifted as from...
Minister of State Tony Killeen T.D. is urging County Clare’s voluntary organisations which provide family counselling services to apply to the Family Support Agency for funding under their 2010 scheme of grants. The Clare Fianna Fail Deputy said, “The focus of this scheme is on the development of support services in the community for families to enhance stability in family life and assist...
Junior Minister Tony Killeen is urging Clare students and teachers with Irish to apply for the Ireland Canada University Foundation’s Irish language awards before the March 5th deadline. The Clare T.D. says the scheme offers students and academics “a wonderful opportunity to gain valuable teaching practice, to experience living in Canada and to use their Irish in a new and exciting environment”...