Parent’s Benefit payments of €14 million were issued to families during April to July 2021, with the number of parents availing of the payment increasing almost five-fold compared to the same period in 2020, a Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister of State Martin Heydon has said.
Minister Martin Heydon said, ‘Parent’s Leave and Benefit […]
National Heritage Week 2021 is taking place from this year from Saturday, 14th August to Sunday, 22nd August and offers us the chance to explore heritage events and activities across County Kildare, including many OPW sites, all of which are free until the end of the year, a Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon said “I am delighted, after a long battle, to receive confirmation today of the approval of funding for the Amyloidosis drug, Patisiran (Onpattro®️) for patients living in the Republic of Ireland.”
As part of the National Service Plan 2021 and budgetary process, Government allocated the HSE a […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon has welcomed funding from the Arts Council of up to €450,000 to create Creative Places Athy.
“I warmly welcome the inclusion of Athy today in the Arts Council Creative Places programme, a €3m programme to develop and sustain new creative opportunities in towns around the Country. Athy […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon has welcomed confirmation of funding of €7,500 to local events in Athy and Kildare this summer under the Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer School.
“As Chairman of the Friends of Athy Heritage Centre & Museum, I am delighted to see funding of €4,000 has been allocated […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon has welcomed confirmation of progress on a new primary school for Monasterevin with the project to amalgamate St Peters and St Evins schools now going to tender.
“After much work by both schools boards of management and senior management the Department of Education has confirmed today that […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon has confirmed that 5 Schools in County Kildare are being informed today that they have been selected for inclusion in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme to support walking and cycling infrastructure for primary and post-primary schools.
“This is a great boost for these 5 Kildare […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon has welcomed funding for outdoor infrastructure in Newbridge.
“Speaking to Council Officials this is great news for Newbridge to be successful in securing €160,000 through the Government Additional Outdoor Infrastructure initiative for the purpose of installing Parklets and Cycle Infrastructure which will greatly benefit the town. The […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon said “the recent update from Kildare County Council that the Roads and Transportation Department in Kildare County Council has commenced the required work to progress the second bridge project to Part 8 is very welcome.”
Tender documents are currently being prepared for an Engineering Consultancy Service tender […]
Fine Gael Kildare South TD and Minister Martin Heydon welcomed today’s announcement by Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD that €24,293 has been approved for the Curragh under the Community Monuments Grant 2021 Fund.
The core objective of the Community Monuments Fund is to support the conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion […]