Midlands 7/10

Advance Payments of 2022 Basic Payment Scheme announced

Pippa Hackett

Oct 17, 20222 min read

Advance Payments of 2022 Basic Payment Scheme announced

Press Release The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, today announced the commencement of advance...

Pippa Hackett

Oct 13, 20222 min read

Food Vision 2030 Event

Press Release Taoiseach Micheál Martin today gave the keynote address at an event to discuss Food Vision 2030, the shared strategy for...

Webinar on Supports for Local, Small and Micro Food Businesses

Pippa Hackett

Oct 6, 20221 min read

Webinar on Supports for Local, Small and Micro Food Businesses

Press Release The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in conjunction with Bord Bia, will co-host a webinar on Supports for...

Government approves Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 worth almost €10bn

Pippa Hackett

Oct 4, 20224 min read

Government approves Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 worth almost €10bn

Press Release Today, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, brought Ireland’s finalised CAP Strategic...

Have your say on new CycleConnects draft proposals for Midlands.

Pippa Hackett

Oct 3, 20222 min read

Have your say on new CycleConnects draft proposals for Midlands.

Draft proposals- for new cycling networks across Laois, Offaly and Westmeath forming part of CycleConnects: Ireland’s Cycle Network are...

Pippa Hackett

Sep 30, 20222 min read

‘Energy, Costs & You’

I am delighted to announce I'm hosting two public events in my constituency of Laois and Offaly in October in response to rising energy...

Calling on Laois and Offaly to join the solar ‘rooftop revolution'

Pippa Hackett

Sep 30, 20221 min read

Calling on Laois and Offaly to join the solar ‘rooftop revolution'

I'm calling on communities in my constituency of Laois and Offaly to join the ‘rooftop revolution’ in light of new exemptions from the...

Ploughing Championships highlights huge interest in organics, biodiversity and renewable energy

Pippa Hackett

Sep 21, 20223 min read

Ploughing Championships highlights huge interest in organics, biodiversity and renewable energy

Press Release 21 September 2022 The Green Party is back in Ratheniska for day two of the National Ploughing Championships 2022, where it...

Domestic Violence Leave for employees welcomed

Pippa Hackett

Sep 20, 20221 min read

Domestic Violence Leave for employees welcomed

I welcome Cabinet approval to progress The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022. Those experiencing domestic violence...

Minister Hackett welcomes approvals for the latest tranche of the Organic Farming Scheme

Pippa Hackett

Sep 20, 20222 min read

Minister Hackett welcomes approvals for the latest tranche of the Organic Farming Scheme

Scheme confirmed to reopen to new entrants in early October Press Release 20 September 2022 The Minister of State at the Department of...

Support for local businesses 'the beating heart of rural Ireland' raised in Seanad

Pippa Hackett

Sep 16, 20223 min read

Support for local businesses 'the beating heart of rural Ireland' raised in Seanad

I spoke in the Seanad this week, about how I spent most of my time over the past month or so, travelling around Laois and Offaly, meeting...

Pippa Hackett

Sep 15, 20222 min read

'Together for Better'

I was with my Green Party Colleague, Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman today as he launched the new funding model for Early...

Pippa Hackett

Sep 11, 20221 min read

Ballintubbert Gardens & House

It was such a pleasure to attend the launch of Ballintubbert Gardens and House’s stunning organic gardens today. Situated close to...

Shared National Vision for Forestry 2050 published

Pippa Hackett

Sep 11, 20227 min read

Shared National Vision for Forestry 2050 published

Press Release The Minister of State with responsibility for Forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa...

64 Midlands artists awarded grants In Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme

Pippa Hackett

Sep 8, 20222 min read

64 Midlands artists awarded grants In Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme

I welcome todays announcement that 64 grants for artists and creative arts workers have been awarded in Laois, Offaly and Westmeath...

My address at Launch of Lumcloon Power & Hanwha Battery Project at Shannonbridge

Pippa Hackett

Sep 6, 20222 min read

My address at Launch of Lumcloon Power & Hanwha Battery Project at Shannonbridge

An Taoiseach, fellow Oireachtas Members, Councillors, and all here today, I am delighted to be here, in Shannonbridge, for this sod...

€20m funding for new hospice in Midlands

Pippa Hackett

Sep 6, 20222 min read

€20m funding for new hospice in Midlands

6th September 2022 Taoiseach Micheál Martin today announced capital funding of €20m for a new specialist palliative care inpatient unit...

50% fare reduction to the commercial bus sector welcomed

Pippa Hackett

Sep 5, 20222 min read

50% fare reduction to the commercial bus sector welcomed

I welcome the extension of the Young Adult Card and Student Leap Card fare initiative to the commercial bus sector, meaning people...

Details of National Organic Beef Open Day Announced

Pippa Hackett

Sep 5, 20222 min read

Details of National Organic Beef Open Day Announced

PRESS RELEASE Teagasc 05.09.2022 A National Organic Beef Open Day on the farm of John Purcell, Ross, Golden, Cashel, Co Tipperary will...

€100,000 for Streetscape Enhancement for Abbeyleix and Clara

Pippa Hackett

Aug 30, 20221 min read

€100,000 for Streetscape Enhancement for Abbeyleix and Clara

I am delighted that Abbeyleix in Co. Laois, and Clara in Co. Offaly are to benefit from €100,000 Streetscape Enhancement funding from the...