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The fourth and final Progress Report of the 2021 Climate Action Plan has been published, with a final overall implementation rate of 79%, or 760 measures out of 965 completed for the four quarters of 2022.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, today welcomed confirmation that the TB Forum had concluded agreement on renewed TB compensation schemes and funding arrangements.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD and the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD, have today announced a programme of measures designed to target the pressures on Ireland’s marine environment

The Department of Transport has announced the renewal of the eSPSV Grant Scheme for taxis, hackneys and limousines in 2023, with a budget of €15 million allocated. The grant offer period has been amended to be valid for up to nine months, instead of three as in previous years, providing more flexibility for SPSV licence holder to purchase EVs.

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The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today published figures that showed that one-fifth of notifications received by local authorities in the last year to convert certain vacant commercial premises into homes related to former pubs

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Hildegarde Naughton will today visit Cavan to see how new services are improving quality of life for residents in the county.

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The Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan T.D. today welcomed applications for the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government’s grant scheme to ensure Ireland’s natural history is captured and recorded