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Achievements

Health

  • Major investment package for Nenagh Hospital, totalling over €4 million, to upgrade facilities there and to ensure the viability of the hospital into the future.
  • Investment includes-
    1. Fully equipped, modern, endoscopy suite (€2 million)
    2. New Sterile Services Department.
    3. New lifts
    4. New Surgical Unit (at construction stage-worth a further €3.5 million)
  • €1.4 million for new Rehab care facility in Thurles
  • Provision of €9 million in grant aid for Sue Ryder Development in Nenagh
  • Breastcheck Rollout secured for the women of North Tipperary
  • €55,000 for Newport Daycare Centre
  • Advancement of Borrisokane Day Care Centre project

Education

  • €9 million for new school for Borrisokane Community College and new special needs unit
  • €5 million for Ursuline Convent building project
  • Future of Tipperary Institute secured. Staff jobs saved
  • Scoil Aonghusa, Cashel -New classrooms, Autism Unit and €50,000 for new Bus
  • Autism Unit for Gaile NS, Thurles
  • Clonoulty School – Secured new building
  • Carrig NS, (Birr) – Secured new building
  • Secured substantial grants for Littleton and Rearcross National Schools
  • After years of broken promises, secured funding for a P.E. Hall for Scoil Ruain, Killenaule.

Enterprise

  • Advancing the Tipperary Venue project
  • €3.25 million Technology Park opens in Thurles
  • Swift progression of Decentralization programme to North Tipp
  • €6.5 million commitment for upgrade of Liberty Square, Thurles
  • Metropolis Area Network (MAN) in planning for Thurles Broadband
  • Broadband Provision across Tipperary including recent additions in Cappawhite
  • Ballingarry Miners

Infrastructure

  • Jimmy Doyle (Link Road) Opened
  • €3.2million secured in 2010 works scheme on Council Housing Estates – Derrynaflan, Littleton, Ard Mhuire, Templetouhy and Clohessy Place, Bouladuff
  • LOWRY AGREEMENT- THURLES ENVIRON ROADS 2010
    1. Templemore/Brittas Road €350k
    2. Borrisoleigh Village €400k
    3. Dublin Road €300k
    4. Holycross/Thurles €1m
    5. Cabra/Ballycurrane €200k
    6. Total: €2,250,000
  • Ragg to Ballycahill road Complete
  • Thurles – Newport Road Upgrade
  • Overhaul of Roads and Paths in Thurles Town
  • All Approach Roads to Thurles upgraded with significant extra funding from the Department of the Environment – Dublin, Brittas, Cabra

Sport and Leisure

  • €1.2 million secured to complete Roscrea Pool/Leisure Centre
  • Multimillion Euro Regeneration of Thurles Pool & Sports Complex €6.5 million
  • €400,000 for overhaul of Thurles Greyhound Stadium
  • Grants of over €400,000 for Holycross/Ballycahill GAA
  • €40,000 for Newport GAA lighting
  • Templemore Pitch and Putt Equipment funding secured
  • €100,000 for All Weather Facility at Peake Villa FC
  • €40,000 for All Weather Pitch for St. Kevin’s, Two Mile Borris
  • €100,000 for all Weather Pitch for Newport FC
  • Hurling Wall for Durlas Og
  • Cappawhite GAA improvement grant
  • €100,000 for Clonoulty/Rossmore GAA
  • €22,645 funding secured in a capital grant for the Source Arts Centre, Thurles to go towards health and safety works, light fittings and the reconfiguration of the café/bar area

Other/Miscellaneous

  • Permanent Garda secured for Littleton
  • Increased Garda compliment for Borrisokane
  • €1.2 million for Community Childcare in Holycross
  • €1.2 million Childcare Facility for Upperchurch Drombane & District Rural Development Council
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