Pippa Hackett
€3.1 million for seed potato and chipping potato sector
Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced the opening of the 2023 Scheme of Investment...
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Pippa Hackett
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Laois Offaly heritage travels to Africa
I am travelling to Tanzania and Kenya as part of the Government’s 2023 St Patrick's Day programme. This is the most extensive...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2023
I welcome todays announcement, that 8 heritage properties in County Laois and 16 in County Offaly will receive funding under the Built...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 9
- 1 min
GLAS Balance Payments
My colleague, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced today that the 2022 Green Low-Carbon...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Grants up to €250,000 available to support Irish agri-food businesses in Africa
Press Release Irish agri-food companies of all sizes are being encouraged to apply for grant funding to explore and seize exciting...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Regenerative Tourism plan will deliver for Midlands
I am confident that the Regenerative Tourism plan for the Midlands will deliver for employment, enterprise and the environment. In...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Highlighting the potential for mass timber construction
This week I spoke at an event organised by ULI Ireland, about timber construction in Ireland. I highlighted the potential for mass timber...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 23
- 1 min
€100,000 for women in farming project
I welcome funding of almost €100,000 for a short term research project into the position of women in farming and the agriculture sector....
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 22
- 3 min
2023 Green Awards
I was delighted to be invited to speak at last evening's Green Awards ceremony, 2023. I believe it was the biggest yet. It was wonderful...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Solar Capital Investment Scheme
Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. announced the opening of applications for solar...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Hot School Meals, Fuel Allowance and more
The Government is highly aware of the effect that high energy prices and the cost of living are having on families, businesses and the...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 20
- 5 min
€81M Allocated to Voluntary and Community organisations
1,450 organisations to receive one-off payment Minimum payment of €1,000* HSE to make payments in coming weeks The Minister for Health,...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Opening of the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3)
Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D and Ministers of State Senator Pippa Hackett and...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Ireland’s fourth National Forest Inventory published
Press Release The national forest estate has reached 11.6% of the total land area. The total forest area has increased from 697,842...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 17
- 2 min
New bus routes for Laois & Offaly
I am delighted that people of Laois & Offaly, will soon have new opportunities to hop on the bus to get to where they need to go. Laois...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 14
- 2 min
€29 million for Laois & Offaly Roads
Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. today announced details of a €626 million investment programme for 2023 for regional and local...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 9
- 1 min
2023 Summer Programme welcomed
l am delighted that both primary and post primary schools in Laois and Offaly will have an opportunity to run a Summer 2023 programme for...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 9
- 1 min
134 Midlands vacant social homes brought back into use
60 vacant social houses in Laois, 28 in Offaly and 46 in Westmeath were brought back into active use in 2022 with support of the Voids...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 8
- 1 min
HSE National Lottery Grant Scheme
I hope to encourage all volunteer and community groups, in my constituency of Laois and Offaly, to apply for the HSE National Lottery...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Local Authority Home Loan
Changes to the Local Authority Home Loan is good news for anyone buying a home in Laois, Offaly and the wider Midlands region. From March...
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