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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)

Imelda Henry: ...Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, that Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, will visit Northern Ireland and Ireland, and that they will visit the west. It is expected they will visit Sligo. That would be very warmly welcomed by the people of County Sligo. As a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly for the last number of years, I mentioned on a few occasions to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 Dec 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the re-centralisation of the information section back to Dublin from Sligo and his Department's stated position that each of the 32 individuals working within it in Sligo will be redeployed within the departmental office in Sligo, the positions these persons will take up; if it is it to existing and future vacancies in his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not provided financial support to Sligo County Council to alleviate staffing difficulties in the Sligo Library Service. Accordingly, while my Department has recently sanctioned the filling of up to six library posts in Sligo library service, the funding of these posts is a matter solely for Sligo County Council. My Department continues to work with and support Sligo...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (19 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The joint Trade Mission was one of three similar events held in Athlone, Sligo and Limerick over 18th and 19th May 2016 as part of Enterprise Ireland’s and IDA Ireland’s joint Trade and Investment Mission to Ireland. The nature of the event was operational with the objective of introducing high quality indigenous companies to multinational companies around the country. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Dec 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department received a submission from Sligo County Council, dated 25 October, 2021 which outlined how they proposed to go about putting together a submission requesting the extension of the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme to County Sligo. In order to progress matters I and officials from my Department attended a virtual meeting held on the 2nd November 2021 with Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (27 Mar 2007)

Micheál Martin: In the period 2002 to 2006 a total of 790 new jobs were created in IDA supported companies in County Sligo. Details of the number of jobs created in each of those years is set out in the following tabular statement. A central goal for IDA Ireland is the achievement of balanced regional development. The Agency's strategy for Sligo has been to promote the County as part of an integrated North...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...to and deployment of Garda resources at the local policing level, including the use of the Garda Reserve, Garda facilities and Garda equipment; and - relevant recommendations made in previous Inspectorate reports. Stations in Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal that were closed under the Rationalisation Programme 2012 - 2013 Year Closed Division Station 2012 Sligo / Leitrim Bunnanadden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Both Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospitals provide diabetes services for both adult and paediatric patients. Letterkenny University Hospital has one full time Consultant Endocrinologist and one Consultant Physician with a special interest in Diabetes, supported by Clinical Nurse Specialists for adults and paediatrics.  There is one Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (15 Jun 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Ruairi Quinn: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions which have taken place between his Department and Sligo Harbour Commission in relation to the future of Sligo Harbour and the request by Sligo Harbour Commissioners for an upgrading of Sligo Port and its retention as an independent port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19932/05]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Marian Harkin: I have listened to what the Minister of State said. She talked about the pipeline for jobs in Sligo remaining strong. However, the statistics show that is not the case. In 2017, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation released a document looking at figures from the 2011 and 2016 censuses. This showed the lowest increase of any county in the country, 2%, was to be seen in Sligo....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Apr 2024)

Frank Feighan: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support and encourage the NTA to consider the commencement of a Local Link bus service from Tubbercurry, County Sligo, to Sligo town to enable students attending ATU Sligo and persons requiring to attend medical appointments in Sligo University Hospital to reach their destination before 9am each morning; and if he will make...

Air Services (17 May 2011)

Tony McLoughlin: Dáil Éireann calls on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure his Department will provide €400,000 in aid for Sligo Airport to ensure this vital piece of infrastructure remains viable. I thank him for addressing this important issue for the people of the north west. Since its foundation in 1974, Sligo Airport has been developed from an airstrip, effectively, to a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Marie Casserly: I am very pleased to be able to inform the committee that Sligo County Council has listened to the public and taken heed of what people have been saying in Sligo. Mr. Quinn has outlined how the campaign has had to persuade the county councils to come on board. I am pleased to confirm that, as far as Sligo is concerned, the council is firmly in favour of the Sligo...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (11 Nov 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Exchequer support was provided under the Regional Airports Programme to Galway and Sligo airports through the Operational Expenditure Subvention Scheme (OPEX) and the Capital Expenditure Grants Scheme (CAPEX). Exchequer support was also provided through a Scheme for subventing Public Service Obligations (PSO) air services operating between Galway and Dublin...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Tony McLoughlin: ...Minister's commitment to the provision of a screening centre for colon cancer, will full colonoscopy services. Furthermore, the Minister has announced that a second oncologist will be appointed at Sligo General Hospital in the autumn. He has stated the matter of breast cancer surgery remains under review. Members will be aware that the previous Government put in place a national cancer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Tony McLoughlin: ...along the way and it got to An Bord Pleanála for approval under an environmental impact statement compulsory purchase order. Perhaps Mr. Barry could update us that. When I travel every week from Sligo to Dublin, I can see the motorway, and the stretch from Mullingar to Dublin was mentioned. A new part was recently opened. People in my constituency have serious difficulty commuting...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Coveney: Undoubtedly, in the future Sligo will be and needs to be a major driver of growth in the north west. In terms of the provision of investment to make sure this will happen, phase 2 of the western distributor road project in Sligo which will open up an IDA Ireland greenfield site for new investment was recently announced. There is a total investment of over €130 million in roads in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (9 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...make sure IDA Ireland takes the Deputy's points into consideration when arranging site visits. I refer to Deputy McLoughlin's question. All politics is local. A landing space was opened in Sligo in November 2018 through a partnership between IDA Ireland, IT Sligo and Sligo County Council. An open plan, turnkey office space has been provided in Sligo for companies that wish to...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: No it was not under threat. As part of the plan, the Department agreed to give an extra €1 million to Sligo each year over a five-year period. Only nine months later we are now in a situation where we are being told the plan is not workable. I have to stand over a situation where we are trying to bring back an acceptable level of financial management to the local authority in Sligo....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (16 Apr 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the proposed Sligo-Mayo Greenway, the reason a limited amount of funding for a feasibility study for the County Sligo section, which is supported by Sligo County Council, will not be considered by his Department, considering the widespread support for the project locally, and the potential benefits it could bring to the...