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€523,091 allocated to retrofit 19 Longford homes
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€523,091 has been allocated to Longford County Council to retrofit 19 homes and make them more energy efficient.
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD announced an initial allocation of €35m for the retrofitting of 1,293 homes while the balance of funding (€10m) will then be allocated to the local authorities who demonstrate an ability to complete additional work and spend their full allocation during 2021.
Roscommon County Council received €345,200 towards retrofitting 13 units, Westmeath County Council received €498,398 for the retrofitting of 18 units and Cavan County Council received €518,556 towards 19 units.
The Programme for Government commits to retrofitting 500,000 homes to a B2/Cost Optimal Equivalent BER standard by 2030. It is expected that approximately 36,500 of those with be local authority owned homes.
Longford allocated €122,745 for trails, walkways, cycleways and blueways
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Longford has been allocated €122,745 in funding for seven local projects under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.
The scheme provides funding for the development, promotion and maintenance of outdoor amenities such as trails, walkways, cycleways and blueways.
The funding announced on Monday, under Measure 1 of the Scheme, will support small-scale local projects with funding of up to €20,000 each.
It is being announced in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, who are co-funding the projects with the Department of Rural and Community Development.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD explained that further announcements in respect of medium and large scale projects under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, with funding of up to €200,000 and €500,000 respectively for each project, will be made at a later stage.
Carrigy calls on social media giants to fund education campaign in schools to combat online abuse
19th December 2020 - Senator Micheál Carrigy
Fine Gael Senator Micheál Carrigy has called on social media companies to help fund an education campaign in schools to combat online abuse.
Senator Carrigy’s comments came as the Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill, otherwise known as Coco’s Law, passed through the Seanad yesterday.
Senator Carrigy said: “I strongly believe that social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have a much stronger role to play in regulating their platforms.
“I am calling on these companies to fund an education campaign in schools across the country to combat online abuse.