Results 1-20 of 27 for sligo speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (13 May 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Senator for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position on Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré, Ballydoogan, Sligo. The over-riding objective of education capital expenditure is to meet the demographic challenge facing the education system, whereby total pupil enrolment in both primary and post-primary schools is expected to grow by around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Cannon: Is it possible to recreate that away from the Gaeltacht in, for example, Mayo, Sligo, Limerick or Waterford? Is it possible to recreate that environment, even in a smaller context?

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Galway VEC 20 Co. Kerry VEC 60 Co. Kilkenny VEC 30 City of Limerick VEC 30 Co. Limerick VEC 20 Co. Louth VEC 60 Co. Mayo VEC 60 Co. Meath VEC 60 Co. Monaghan VEC 60 Co. Offaly VEC 20 Co. Sligo VEC 60 Co. Tipperary NR VEC 30 Co. Tipperary SR VEC 20 City of Waterford VEC 20 Co. Westmeath VEC 30 Co. Wicklow VEC 60 Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone 15 Allocations of...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (11 Jan 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...179 Cork 1238 Donegal 190 Dublin 2056 Galway 391 Kerry 274 Kildare 483 Kilkenny 256 Laois 179 Leitrim 52 Limerick 374 Longford 45 Louth 254 Mayo 239 Meath 422 Monaghan 88 Offaly 125 Roscommon 94 Sligo 85 Tipperary 356 Waterford 258 Westmeath 150 Wexford 373 Wicklow 260 Total 8779 Table 2: Unique visits to www.egf.ie by county 19/12/11-9/1/12: County Unique Website Visits Dublin 829 Cork 76...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: ...to determine the possibility of putting a greenway on that section between Athenry and Milltown and, ultimately and hopefully, all the way to Claremorris and onwards bearing in mind the fact that Sligo County Council is many steps ahead here in terms of developing its section and that this rail line has lain idle for 40 years and will connect east Galway all the way up to beautiful Sligo...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: ...emanate from my county of Galway, and Mr. John Mulligan who is another stalwart campaigner for common sense and for the reinstatement of a vital piece of public infrastructure connecting Athenry to Sligo. It has lain idle for 40 years, bringing no benefit whatsoever to the communities it should and could serve. I respectfully ask the committee that an absolute priority be afforded to...

Topical Issue Debate: Higher Education Institutions Issues (8 May 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...co-operation between a number of institutions in the region. An alliance agreement between Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology, Sligo was signed in July 2012. It commits the partners to the development of significant and meaningful collaborations on a comprehensive range of activities. I hope the co-operation that is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (2 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ... 92 31,798 Limerick 1,520 191,809 Longford 350 39,000 Louth 1,160 122,897 Mayo 705 130,638 Meath 388 184,135 Monaghan 372 60,483 Offaly 70 76,687 Roscommon 79 64,065 Sligo 685 65,393 Tipperary 969 158,754 Waterford 1,043 113,795 Westmeath 629 86,164 Wexford 904 145,320 Wicklow 1,040 136,640 Total 32,688 4,588,252 - - Population data sourced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (8 Oct 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ... 1,544 Kilkenny and Carlow ETB 1,350 1,431 Laois and Offaly ETB 440 475 Limerick and Clare ETB 1,418 1,559 Longford and Westmeath ETB 515 455 Louth and Meath ETB 1,526 1,926 Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB 1,106 1,496 Tipperary ETB 945 1,023 Waterford and Wexford ETB 1,773 1,838 30,752 33,748

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Dec 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Donegal 162 Dublin 2661 Galway 430 Kerry 220 Kildare 429 Kilkenny 303 Laois 121 Leitrim 41 Limerick 369 Longford 43 Louth 163 Mayo 195 Meath 417 Monaghan 73 Offaly 65 Roscommon 77 Sligo 75 Tipperary 271 Waterford 336 Westmeath 135 Wexford 353 Wicklow 179 Outside Ireland 1

Written Answers — Back to Education Initiative: Back to Education Initiative (15 May 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...County 252 Kerry 315 Kildare 36 Kilkenny 133 Laois 87 Leitrim 72 Limerick City 23 Limerick County 108 Longford 41 Louth 29 Mayo 82 Meath 211 Monaghan 58 Offaly 208 Roscommon 33 Sligo 84 Tipperary North 32 Tipperary South 126 Waterford City 108 Waterford County 77 Westmeath 59 Wexford 117 Wicklow 75 Total 4121

Industrial Development (7 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...it needs to invest its resources to meet its strategic goals. The agency has informed the Minister that the north west was in the unique position of having two IDA offices, in Letterkenny and Sligo, respectively. These have now been merged into one north-west regional office based in Sligo. Under the national spatial strategy Letterkenny is one of nine gateway locations and will...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of voters in the western region to the Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen, advocating for the development of a greenway on the currently disused railway line between Athenry and Sligo. The serious fear among the members of that campaign and among the 26,000 who signed the petition, 9,000 of whom are in County Galway, is that the line on which we are advocating for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...0 0 Leitrim 0 0 0 0 0 Limerick 0 0 0 0 0 Limerick City 0 0 0 0 0 Longford 0 0 0 0 0 Louth 0 0 0 0 0 Mayo 0 1 0 0 0 Meath 0 0 0 0 0 Monaghan 0 0 0 0 0 Offaly 0 0 0 0 0 Roscommon 0 0 0 0 0 Sligo 0 0 0 0 0 Tipp N.R. 0 0 0 0 0 Tipp S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 Waterford City 0 0 0 0 0 Waterford 0 0 0 0 0 Westmeath 0 0 0 0 0 Wexford 0 0 0 0 0 Wicklow 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 2 1 0 0

Vocational Education Committees (6 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Cavan and Monaghan board will have its headquarters in Monaghan and a sub-office in Cavan; the Kildare and Wicklow board will have its headquarters in Naas and a sub-office in Wicklow; the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim board will have its headquarters in Castlebar and sub-offices in Sligo and Carrick-on-Shannon; the Galway city and county and Roscommon board will have its headquarters in Athenry...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...0 0 Leitrim 1 0 0 0 0 Limerick 0 1 0 0 0 Limerick City 0 0 0 0 0 Longford 0 0 0 0 0 Louth 0 0 0 0 0 Mayo 2 2 1 0 1 Meath 0 0 0 0 0 Monaghan 0 0 0 0 0 Offaly 0 1 0 0 1 Roscommon 1 0 0 0 0 Sligo 0 0 0 0 0 Tipp N.R. 0 1 0 1 0 Tipp S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 Waterford City 0 0 0 0 0 Waterford 0 0 0 0 0 Westmeath 1 0 0 0 0 Wexford 1 0 0 0 0 Wicklow 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 10 2 2 2

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (16 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...written submissions were received in response to a public consultation paper. Another 14,000 emails expressing support for the aid programme were received. "Townhall" meetings were held in Cork, Galway, Sligo and Limerick, with the public consultation phase ending on 2 October with the final public meeting in Dublin. The various inputs received are now being synthesised and together...

Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development (6 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...final section of the M17-M18 motorway. I am hopeful the project will proceed to construction next year. This will provide a significant arterial transport corridor, stretching from Limerick to Sligo and linking some of the significant towns and cities mentioned. There is major and ongoing investment in the west. The Government is committed to achieving balanced regional development and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...  263 258 Kilkenny  113 118 Laois  104 94 Leitrim  40 39 Limerick  276 259 Longford  30 39 Louth 110 110 Mayo  147 162 Meath  64 67 Monaghan  40 40 Offaly  39 61 Roscommon  89 81 Sligo  55 54 Tipperary  167 164 Waterford  292 292 Westmeath  97 97 Wexford  209...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...9,056,591 County Monaghan 3,220,206 1,051,765 68,952 482,643 4,823,565 County Offaly 4,411,089 200,000 14,280 34,771 4,660,140 County Roscommon 4,201,620 222,353 12,852 79,913 4,516,738 County Sligo 2,877,185 1,623,529 102,000 1,077,885 5,680,599 County Tipperary NR 4,110,924 2,205,882 131,580 1,015,812 7,464,199 County Tipperary SR 3,011,730 1,011,765 61,200 261,633 4,346,328...