Letterkenny/MiLford Newsletter

Spring 2014 Joe McHugH td

joint committee on the implementation of the good friday agreement

Letterkenny General Hospital

Churchill Garda Barracks

Ongoing commitment to reinstatement of services following flood damage- With renovation costs exceeding €30 million, Letterkenny General Hospital

will see services restored. New North West Radiotherapy Unit to be opened in Altnagalvin Hospital in 2016.

- I would like to commend the parents of children with Diabetes Type 1 for all their hard work in ensuring a dedicated Pediatric Nurse Specialist will be appointed at LGH

- TaoiseachofficiallyopenednewpharmacyunitatLGHon12thMay.

WorkingwithChurchHillCommunityDevelopmentGroup,MinisterBrianHayesandtheOPWfortheretentionoftheGardaBarracksinChurchHillforcommunity use.

Coast Guards: FisheriesSaving Lives through investment, with a total of €3,887,300 in funding between 2011 - 2014- Despitefearsofclosure,Minister

Varadkar announced earlier this yearthatMalinHeadCoastGuardwill receive more than €330,000 towards their IT upgrade. This is in addition to the €745,300 spent on the service between 2011- 2013

- Killybegs purpose built station, total investment in 2012 - 2014 €1,570.000

- In addition, €1,242,000 spent on rescue equipment

- In addition, we have 100 volunteers working diligently around the year atMulroy,Killybegs,Greencastle andBunbegCoastGuardStations

- MinisterCoveneyannouncedthatKillybegs Harbour was to receive €929,000 for the development and maintenance of the Harbour for 2014

- DeptMarinefunding,alongwith Local Council funding forBallywhoriskey,Downings,Portsalon and Rathmullan, from 2011 - 2013 brings the total figureto€179,536

- Donegal County Council has been allocated €751,000 for the repair of 28 harbours, piers & slipways around the county, including Portsalon, Rathmullan andBunagee

A full breakdown of all funding for storm damage repair is available on www.agriculture.gov.ie

North West Science ParkLetterkenny Institute of Technology and Fort George in Derry - Cross-border commitment £12 million stg, including the Government’s commitment of €3m

I.D.A. Supported Companies- Additional creation of 600+ jobs in IDA-supported companies since 2011

-LetterkennyBusinessTechnologyPark-Siteworkshavecommencedona 2,197m²(23,600ft2)‘AdvanceOfficeBuilding’tomeetdemandsofnewandexisting FDI, in Letterkenny and the North West Region

-MinisterRichardBrutonhadseriesofmeetingsinLetterkennyon1stMay re job creation opportunities

Wild Atlantic WayTourism Blog:

Discussions scheduled with the Taoiseach andMinisterCoveneyregarding developing Donegal’s aquaculture industry

JoeMcHugh,NoelMcBrideand MinisterMcGinleyBallywhoriskeyPier

Lighthouse Trail funding of €2.5m, which includes Fanad. A flagship for Irish tourism

In Dublin with Jan Feenstra, Catherine McManus,PatConnorsand Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO.

Marine Harvest

(L-R)DeputyJoeMcHugh,GraceBoyle,CllrNoelMcBride,CllrJimmyKavanagh

Spring 2014

Letterkenny/MiLford Newsletter

Joe McHugH TDConstituency Office: Grier House, Lower Main Street, Letterkenny. Co. Donegal. Tel: 074 91 64787 Dáil Tel: 01 618 4242 Email: joe.mchugh@oir.ie Web: www.donegalmatters.com

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- €22 million spent and a further £50 million committed for 2015-2016. Irish Government working with the North and has committed £72 million sterling to critical development of A5. A public consultation has begun this month in Northern Ireland

- AcontinuedpushfortheLetterkenny-LiffordroadandBonageeLinkroad

- Ongoing issue of UK HGV Levy

FarmingCommitment to the prosperity of the agricultural industry seen through the announcementofMinisterCoveney,witha€12.5billiondealthroughtheIrishGovernment and CAP’s Pillar II programme.

WorkingcloselywithMinisteroncurrentchallengesinBullBeef,Sucklerherdandquality assurance issues.

Non-National Roads FundingDonegal County Council received €19million for regional and local road projects and upkeep

Rathmullan Water SchemeTotal investment of €420,000 in Rathmullan Water Upgrade

48thPlenarySessionoftheBritishIrishParliamentaryAssociation. MinisterBrianHayeswithmembersoftheAssociationatIslandBridge

DeputyMcHughwithmembersoftheCarndonagh-basedthe‘ExploringNew Directions Programme during a Good Friday Agreement Committee trip to Derry and Letterkenny’

A5 Road

JoeMcHugh,FineGaelTDforDonegalNorthEast,saidhewas“cautiouslyoptimistic” that there would be movement on immigration reform in the United States after the next elections there.

Fromleft,JoeMcHughTD;EamonGilmoreTanaiste;MartinO’Malley,governoroftheUSstateofMaryland;andJonathonBell,juniorministerintheofficeoftheFirstMinisterandDeputyFirstMinisterinthenorth.

Reform raised with US reps

Deputy McHugh’s Committees

Vintage Festival

Work in progress Sports Capital Project Investments

Following a campaign to ensure the future of the Carrigart Vintage Festival this year, we received confirmationinMarch2014that the event would be going ahead in July.

L-R:JoeMcHughTD;EunanKelly,ChairmanVintageClub;

DenisMcGettingan;MylesGallagher;CllrNoelMcBride;

Vincent O’Rourke

• WorkingwithCllrMcBrideonfootpathbetween Carrigart/Na Dunaibh

•Working With a number of Sports clubs on 2014 Sports Capital Programme

• WorkingcloselywithBIMinsecuringjobs in Sea processing sector in North Donegal

•Need for construction of new endoscopy unit at LGH

• LYIT-Taoiseachturnedsodon12thMay• MeetingwithBIM8thMayin

Downings regarding job opportunitiesinMarineSector

CarrigartBoxingClub-€25,000Drumoghill F.C. – €42,000Illistrin Football Club - €30,000Letterkenny Community Centre- €90,000Letterkenny Family Resource Centre - €20,000Donegal GAA Centre of Excellence - €300,000Ramelton Tennis Club- €25,000MilfordPark-€40,000Kilmacrennan Youth Soccer - €20,000Na Dunaibh GAA - €43,000 (Udarus)