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Rural Issues

PQ re Rural Transport Programme

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll out of the revised rural transport programme; the timelines that are envisaged for its completed restructuring and integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
– Martin Heydon.

* For WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 8th July, […]

Heydon questions draft NRA Service Area Policy

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has today (Thursday) raised questions in the Dáil about the Service Area Policy of the National Roads Authority (NRA), questioning why it is taking a state led approach to the provision of online service areas, which are the service stations directly accessible from motorways.

Enhanced Rural Broadband Strategy Should Bring Improvements

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon, has today (Friday) welcomed the Government announcement that a number of areas in Kildare South are set to benefit from plans to greatly increase access to high speed broadband in rural Ireland.

“The lack of adequate Broadband services in rural areas is a huge issue in many […]

Athy Region is on the Map for Jobs -Kildare Included in Regional Aid Programme for the first time

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, today (Friday) welcomed the publication of the Regional Aid Map by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. This map details areas of the country in which the State can provide investment aid to businesses in order to support new investment and employment, under […]

Gathering details of Poor Broadband Services in Kildare South

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon has today (Friday) confirmed that he is conducting a survey of homes in parts of Kildare South to gather evidence of the extent of the problem with Broadband services in parts of Kildare South.

“I am aware that there are serious concerns about the quality of Broadband services […]