Today I was delighted to visit the Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club. It’s one of 70 sports clubs receiving €28m funding under the Better Energy scheme towards insulation, heating and lighting upgrades. GAA, soccer, rugby, golf, tennis, swimming, athletics, squash and horse racing clubs will all benefit from the funding.
I welcome the further annual fall in the Live Register in July in the Nutgrove and Dun Laoghaire areas. In July the Live Register fell by 7.58% in Dublin, with decreases of 9.77% in Nutgrove and 7.03% in Dun Laoghaire.
There’s only three days left to share your views and submissions on the Green Paper on Energy Policy. Members of the public and interested parties are invited to send in their views, observations and suggestions on the shape of Ireland’s future energy policy. You can read the Green Paper here.
Review of Ireland’s radio frequency spectrum policy announced
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White T.D., today published a spectrum policy consultation paper. The Minister said “This consultation marks the first step in a comprehensive review of Ireland’s radio frequency spectrum policy and a further step in meeting the commitments made in the National Broadband Plan”.
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I have recently been appointed as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. I am looking forward immensely to tackling the work at hand at the Department and to co-operating closely with my new Cabinet colleagues.
Calling community, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations. You can apply for funding to provide digital literacy training with the aim of getting more people online. To find out more about the digital skills training grant scheme, simply click here.
“Community and Voluntary sectors providing key role in helping to bridge the digital divide”
Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Alex White, has today invited applications from community, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations for grants to assist with the cost of providing internet training for citizens and communities.
I warmly welcome today’s passage of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 by the Oireachtas which will provide GP care without fees for children under six.
This is a truly historic piece of legislation and I am pleased to have played a role in making this happen. I look forward to children benefitting from this scheme in the Autumn.
It is a great honour to have been appointed as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and I look forward to working with my new Cabinet colleagues.
One of my last acts as Minister of State for Primary Care was to sign regulations to enable authorised cannabis-based medicinal products to be legally prescribed by medical practitioners and used by patients.
