📢 As we head into the August Bank Holiday, I’m urging all road users to take care. 📉 Fatalities down among under-25s — but up among cyclists, pedestrians & motorcyclists. ✔️ Slow down.✔️ Belt up.✔️ No distractions.✔️ Never drink & drive. Let’s all get home safe.

I met with Michelle Moriarty, Family Carers Ireland in my constituency office in Tuam. We discussed the upcoming budget and its support for Carers.

Delighted to visit @RSAIreland’s road safety campaign at Dublin Airport — a timely reminder to drive left and watch your speed. 📍 SkyBridge in T1 features:.✔️ Drive left 🇮🇪.✔️ New 60km/h rural limits.✔️ Speed warnings. Great to meet Vincent Harrison & Leonard Miller from daa.

🚜 Forgotten Farmers Scheme now open.💶 Up to €5,000 in support.📅 Deadline: 13 Aug @ 5:30pm. ✅ Under 40 in 2015.✅ Started farming pre-2008.✅ Agri education by May 2015.✅ BPS in 2015 & BISS in 2025.❌ No prior Young Farmer payments. 🔗

Pleased to welcome the EU-US tariff deal — an important step for Irish jobs, exporters and trade stability.

📢 Welcoming €62m in #Budget2025 to expand the Summer Programme for children with complex needs. 👧👦 59k+ pupils supported in 2024.🏫 22% more special schools.➡️ Focus on greatest need, less admin, more support. Every child deserves the chance to thrive.

📢 Government’s new Insurance Reform Plan takes real action — 26 steps to lower costs and improve access. ✅ Backing the PIRB — a faster, fairer alternative to court.⚖️ Court cases are 22x more expensive on average and take twice as long

📢 Delighted to welcome €37.5k in funding for counselling services in Galway:. ✅ Gort Resource Centre – €5k.✅ No. 4 Youth Services – €17.5k.✅ Youth Work Ireland Galway – €15k. This funding supports local, timely care for children + families across Galway.

🎉 Great news for #GalwayEast!. €5,000 for Athenry Arts & €5,000 for CELT Loughrea under the 2025 Small Scale Festivals Scheme 👏. Proud to support local creativity, sustainability & community spirit 🌱🎭. 📍 Total Galway funding: €24,900 across 5 projects

📢 I welcome the new Convention on Education – a national conversation to shape a modern, inclusive education system. 🎓 Focus on equality, skills, creativity & rural voices.🌍 Preparing for jobs, innovation & climate action. #Education #Inclusion #FutureOfLearning

🚰 Delighted to confirm €3.4M for 41 Group Water Scheme projects across Galway under the Rural Water Programme 2024–2026. Major wins incl:.🔹 Kilbannon €450K.🔹 Anbally €400K.🔹 Claregalway €260K.🔹 Peterswell–Castledaly €254K. Full list of schemes:

A historic day for 🇮🇪. As Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, I’m proud to have helped secure agreement on the new #NDP — a record €275.4bn to 2035. 🏘️ Homes.🚆 Transport.💧 Water.🎒 Education.🏥 Healthcare

I was delighted to attend the official opening of Marian House - The Joe and Helen O'Toole Respite Home in Ballindine on Friday. This project will provide additional respite for those living with dementia. The opening was performed by Mary Lardner and Patrick Kielty.

Great to visit the RSA offices in Ballina this week, in my first official visit as Minister with responsibility for Road Safety. Delighted to meet management and staff at the offices.

I welcome major progress on special education 👏. ✅ 400+ new special education places.✅ 5 new special schools.✅ New in-school therapy service in 45 schools from 2025.✅ €3.2m investment + €5m capital

Delighted to visit the RSA offices in Loughrea yesterday. It was a pleasure to meet the team who work in the areas of Enforcement, Commercial Vehicle Testing and Data areas of the RSA. @RSAIreland

Honoured to welcome 🇧🇷 Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to 🇮🇪 — the first Brazilian Foreign Minister to visit Ireland. We discussed:.✈️ Direct flights.💼 Trade barriers & tax regime.🌍 Mercosur & protecting Irish farmers.🎓 Student exchange & education ties

A pleasure to attend last night's event hosted by the Embassy of Brazil in Avolon, Ballsbridge, Dublin last night, as the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr Mauro Vieira met with representatives of the Brazilian community in Ireland. A wonderful evening.

🚦I’ve launched Phase 2 of Ireland’s Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030. Targeting:.✅ Safer speed limits.✅ Tech-led enforcement.✅ Lifelong road safety education.✅ Smarter data sharing.✅ Sustainable transport. Each road fatality is one too many. Time for a road safety reset

RT @Dept_Transport: Catch up on @Dept_Transport latest news. In this edition:. 🚁 @IrishCoastGuard go-live from new Weston Airport base. 🚢….