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The June meeting of Mayo County Conucil took place this week, catch up with what was being discussed by the councillors. 

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has called for the establishment of a cross party Dáil Committee which, supported by the State, would design and builds on the key elements of a third banking force.

Senator for Roscommon-Galway, Aisling Dolan, recently hosted a successful public consultation meeting with Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, asking students and their parents for feedback on the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) programme.

Dr Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been appointed chairperson of Údarás na hOllscoile, the University’s Governing Authority. Dr Geoghegan-Quinn, a former government minister and European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, was unanimously selected at the first formal meeting of the new Údarás.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has criticised the logic of Bord Na Mona not being allowed to sell harvested peat to both the agriculture and horticulture sectors.

North West SPCA in Mayo is to receive €12,000 in funding from Mayo County Council as a result of a long discussion on animal welfare that took up much of the December meeting of the council this week, with everything from dog-breeding, dog-abandoning, sheep worrying, goats eating up gardens and cruelty to horses being highlighted by councillors.

Local TD Denis Naughten is calling on the Government to hold meeting of all agencies and local authorities in Galway and Roscommon to get jobs back in Ballinasloe.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor, Frankie Keena, has formally welcomed a funding allocation from the National Monuments 2020 grant scheme towards the upkeep of the Athlone town walls.

Due to the Covid-19 level 5 announcement, Mayo County Council would like to advise members of the public of some changes taking effect.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, Tom Farrell, has noted the pertinent benefits of the enhanced Help to Buy Scheme designed to ease the financial burden for first time buyers of residential properties.