Pippa Hackett
Peatlands Scheme open for 2023
I hope to encourage all local communities, groups and schools to continue the conservation and revitalisation of raised and blanket bogs...
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Pippa Hackett
Pippa Hackett
Mar 9, 20231 min read
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 6, 20232 min read
Your Local St. Patrick's Day Parade in Laois & Offaly
It is my pleasure to represent Ireland in Kenya and Tanzania this St Patrick's Day. Whilst, I'm overjoyed to be able to represent my...
Pippa Hackett
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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 14, 20232 min read
€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
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Over €1.7 million for Community Support Programmes across Laois and Offaly
Today’s announcement of €1,705,298 for Community Support Programmes across Laois and Offaly is welcome news. €427,429 was allocated for...
Pippa Hackett
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme (CVESS)
Minister Humphreys and Minister O’Brien published the first tranche of applicants that will benefit from funding today. I’m delighted to...
Pippa Hackett
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Town and Village announcement for Laois & Offaly
I’m proud to be part of a Government that is making the largest ever investment into our towns and villages. This funding will go a long...
Pippa Hackett
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Laois & Offaly Tidy Towns receive grants
I welcome confirmation of grants of between €1,000 and €4,000 to 23 Tidy Towns groups across County Laois and 22 groups across Offaly....
Pippa Hackett
Aug 8, 20222 min read
€75,000 grant funding for community led Abbeyleix Bog restoration in Co. Laois
My Green Party Colleague Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, announced today that he has approved...
Pippa Hackett
May 11, 20222 min read
Preserving our Bogs for Future Generations
In my address to the Seanad this week, I called out those who knowingly extract turf from bogs in Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). I...
Pippa Hackett
Oct 8, 20212 min read
First NeighbourWood Site for Laois
Minister Pippa Hackett has launched Laois’s first NeighbourWood site in Abbeyleix. The project, in Balladine, sees the transformation of...
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