Results 1-20 of 48 for sligo speaker:Seán Kyne

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...and the relevant campaigns. Having been a local councillor, my experience of local councillors is that they all do and advocate what is best for their communities. Whether they are in counties Sligo or Mayo, they do what they think is best. Over a long number of years, we have allowed two equally valid campaigns that are in competition with each other. Some of the online campaigning...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...its implementation, assuming it is positive towards certain projects such as the western rail corridor. There is huge potential in that project for towns from Athenry to Tuam to Claremorris and on to Sligo. It could be a game-changer for Mayo and for Galway as well as it would encompass improved rail services from Tuam to Galway city. There is significant investment taking place in and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...of programmes and we continue to learn from the roll-out and delivery of third-level courses. In the western region, through the Atlantic Technological University, Galway and Roscommon ETB, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB and Donegal ETB, we have courses in science, industrial laboratory science, engineering, sustainable engineering technologies, business and general nursing. This is a very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: .... These include the upgrading of the N17, the Galway city ring road and ATU Letterkenny, including the Letterkenny library and IT education building project. Also included was the Galway-to-Sligo western rail corridor project, of which I know the Leader is a strong advocate. I certainly welcome the recent announcement and commencement of work on the clearing of the line between Athenry...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...makes no sense that we are encouraging people to vote and they are voting in Kilkenny in the constituency of Tipperary North. Similarly, in the case of south Donegal, what is wrong with the name Sligo-Leitrim-Donegal South? It might get more complicated if Roscommon were also included in it, but I do not see why the county names cannot be included. Perhaps it should be an absolute...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...development plan and the delays in respect of the section of the N17 from Knock to Collooney. I have certainly heard stories regarding conversations the Minister may have had with senior individuals in Sligo regarding a number of issues in the west of Ireland. Based on what we have heard, I would certainly question his attitude to the west of Ireland, whether regarding Knock airport, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...to ensure a wider geographical roll-out of fibre broadband. There are areas of north Connemara, areas towards Ballinasloe in east Galway, and in south and north-west Mayo, south Donegal, south Sligo, west Clare and large parts of Cork and Tipperary that are evidently lacking those services.Large areas of the country, therefore, have not got to the first stage of surveys pending in respect...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...of years ago, which is a collaboration of the Western Development Commission and Ardán, with the support of the local authorities in Galway city and county, Clare, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, as well as Údarás na Gaeltachta. This allows for strategic investment on commercial terms and encourages regional production in films, television, drama, animation and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...national development plan. Treatment is top class in the facilities there, but new and more modern facilities are required. People must travel long distances, be it from Letterkenny or parts of Sligo, to avail of cancer services. That is the model. It is the world best practice model in having centres of excellence and people travelling to them. The biggest concern the consultants have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...for new road projects between 2026 and 2030. This is having an impact on the preparatory work. There are issues in the Minister of State's own area, between Mullingar and Longford, and the road towards Sligo-Leitrim as well. As the Minister of State knows, it takes a long number of years to get to a stage where diggers and machinery can be moved in to build a road. There is a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...their evidence, their advocacy, their expertise and their work. Professor McCormack mentioned the situation 20 years ago as it pertained to having theatres and consultants in Galway, Limerick and Sligo. Was there a conscious decision to consolidate positions elsewhere and to move to Dublin, did people retire and were not replaced or was there an inability to fill positions? Professor...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...this proposed TU is that it is a multi-campus university. There are now university towns throughout the region, from Castlebar to Galway city, Killybegs, Letterfrack, Letterkenny, Mountbellew and Sligo. A unique aspect of this TU, and one that will enhance the offering in the region, will be the ability of students to obtain a technical university qualification and, all going well, which...

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...are provided for, but there is no mention of additional inpatient beds for Galway. It tends to be forgotten that Galway is a centre of excellence. The centre of excellence covers a region that extends from Letterkenny through Sligo and Mayo and on to Galway. We need inpatient beds. I am sorry that the Minister is not present. I have asked him about this previously. I appreciate that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...talking about the Galway Airport site but who knows. We seem to be going backwards if that is the case. We need to keep the pressure on. Galway University Hospitals are for the west. They cover Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal as well. The west and Galway deserve the best and as good as anywhere else in the country. I ask the Minister of State to keep the pressure on in his Department to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Project Ireland 2040 (26 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...City and the suburbs, including the National University of Ireland, Galway; the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, and the exciting plans for a technology university in conjunction with Sligo and Letterkenny institutes of technology; a thriving foreign direct investment, FDI, sector; in normal times a thriving and exciting night life; and our cultural arts sector with its arts...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...brings benefits for all. I am pleased to see that the Connacht-Ulster Alliance is making progress with the combination of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, and the Institute of Technology Sligo, ITS. The initiative will create a university of scale across four campuses in Galway, Castlebar, Sligo and Letterkenny, and I am not forgetting the other very important places like...

Seanad: Aviation Industry: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...It is something we need to grasp and promote. We need to connect the west and not allow it to be dismantled. To be parochial with regard to Ireland West Airport, as Senator Murphy said, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon county councils and Galway city and county councils, on the basis of decisions they made, have a shareholding in the airport. That is a positive stamp of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Garda Data (5 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Cork North 156,642 Cork West 132,958 Kerry 143,664 Mayo 131,084 Sligo/Leitrim 98,210 Cavan/Monaghan 137,577 Donegal 159,192 South Eastern Region All divisions 584,359 ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...9,407 8,267 7,191 5,964 5,158 Monaghan 5,860 4,926 4,192 3,510 2,932 North Tipperary 6,720 6,140 5,612 4,872 4,203 Offaly 8,406 7,596 6,750 5,504 4,475 Roscommon 3,716 3,338 3,029 2,671 2,372 Sligo 4,903 4,492 4,125 3,622 3,182 South Tipperary 8,315 7,608 6,790 5,684 4,675 Waterford 12,503 11,246 10,111 8,715 7,765 Westmeath 9,565 8,758 7,994 6,866 5,652 Wexford 16,890 15,369...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (6 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...to produce reliable county estimates from the LFS. Estimates of employment however, are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 Border region includes counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo. The table below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the NUTS 3 Border region in Q4 2017 and Q4 2018 and the annual change. As the table shows the overall...