Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has today (Wednesday) urged Kildare County Council to apply for funding for small local roads under a new scheme confirmed by Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar today. The Community Involvement Scheme (CIS) was first run as a pilot scheme in 2013 and the Minister […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD, Martin Heydon has highlighted the potential of a return to sugar beet production in Ireland. Speaking at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis at the RDS on Saturday, he called on the Government to support the ongoing efforts to re-establish the industry.
Deputy Heydon explained how Ireland exited the production of sugar […]
My contribution to the live session of the 2014 Ard Fheis on Jobs is attached here. I focussed on the need to encourage indigenous Irish industry and concentrate on areas we are good at such as Agribusiness. The Sugar Beet Industry is a good example of this.
I am very aware of the poor state of repair of many of the roads in the Ballymore area. There are specific concerns regarding roads in the Broadleas, Whiteleas area.
I recently visited the area and met with local residents (pictured attached) to see at first hand the poor condition of the roads. This issue is causing […]
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon, has today emphasised the need for a sustainable post office network that serves the needs of local communities. Deputy Heydon was speaking after the Fine Gael Internal Communications Committee met this week with members of the Irish Postmaster’s Union (IPU)
“Fine Gael actively sought this […]
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has this week welcomed the announcement of the establishment of an expert panel to oversee the preparation of reports on underground options for the proposed Gridlink route.
“I had called for a full review of the underground options in the Dail, highlighting the issue directly to Minister Rabbitte, […]
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, has this week welcomed confirmation of the long awaited €499,966 in Leader Funding for the Suncroft Community Centre. The funding is part of a €739,000 project to construct a new community centre comprising dressing rooms for sports, meeting and event rooms, youth space, café area, office space […]
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon, Chair of Fine Gael’s Internal Agriculture Committee, has today (Tuesday) confirmed that he is continuing to push for a change to the Height Restrictions imposed on trailer loads last November.
“I submitted a draft Statutory Instrument to Minister Leo Varadkar and his officials before Christmas to allow them […]
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South Martin Heydon has this week described the announcement of €12.5bn of rural development funding as a significant investment in rural Ireland and a vote of confidence in the agricultural and food sectors. The investment, a combination of EU Common Agricultural Funding with National Exchequer funding was confirmed by Taoiseach […]
Speaking in the Dail on a debate on the Gridlink project highlighting issues with the consultation process and the concerns of residents in proposed route areas.