Housing Department failing to spend total amount of allocated funding
A local elected representative claims the lack of a skilled workforce and major anomalies around the planning process are contributing factors to vast amounts of funding that the Department of Housing has failed to spend. More than €380 million was returned to the exchequer by the Department over the last…
Fears expressed by Ballyshannon councillor that Heritage projects in Donegal are missing out on funding
Concern has been raised that some heritage projects in Donegal are missing out on potential funding; It said to be down to insufficient resources in place and has led to calls for an assistant heritage officer to be employed to cope with the workload. The five year county…
Sligo Councillor urges HSE to show more urgency in completing projects at Sligo University Hospital
There are calls on the HSE to ‘get on’ with a number of planned projects in Sligo. It’s after the Government sanctioned over €16.6M to Sligo University Hospital yesterday with hopes that this will pave the way in delivering a range of acute services across the county. Local…
Repairs to be carried out at Forthill basketball court
Repair works are to be carried out on the basketball court in Forthill after a lot of equipment was damaged following bad weather. The boards in the court are set to be replaced, however, there is no funding available to re-line the court. The outdoor facilities in Forthill get a…
Primary schools in the North West to receive over two million in funding for maintenance
A total of 2.1 million euro in funding has been awarded to primary schools in the North West. The funding has been allocated by the Department of Education for primary schools to carry out minor works and make small-scale improvements to school buildings and grounds. Minor works funding may also…
Children as young as twelve availing of Donegal Rape Crisis Centre services
It’s emerged that children as young as twelve years of age are being catered for by the Donegal Rape Crisis Centre. Furthermore, the centre has had to source funding from the Late Late Toy Show to provide the service to the children in question. Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle says…
No additional specialist nurse for Diabetes insulin pump service at Sligo University Hospital.
A North West TD has told the Dáil how an application from Sligo University Hospital seeking an additional nurse specialist for a Diabetes insulin pump service has been turned down due to a lack of available funding. The issue was raised yesterday by Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle. …