A pleasure to visit the Department of Transport offices in Shannon this week. It was wonderful to meet Tim Scully, Chief Information Officer and other senior management and staff.

I welcome the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025 — a key step in strengthening governance, oversight & accountability in the HSE. It sets national priorities, improves financial controls & ensures better delivery of care. #HealthBill2025 #HSE #HealthcareReform

Catch up on An Roinn Iompair - Department of Transport latest news In this edition: 🚁 Irish Coast Guard go-live from new Weston Airport base 🚢 Minister Sean Canney TD spotlights exporters with Dublin Port ✈️ Minister Darragh O'Brien visited AirNav Ireland Find out more: bit.ly/4nNuHaI

🚦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

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.

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

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. RSA Ireland

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

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 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.

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

🚰 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: bit.ly/4kPHU0d

📢 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

🎉 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

📢 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.

📢 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

📢 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.

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

🚜 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 🔗 agfood.ie

Delighted to visit RSA Ireland’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.