EIB loan will trigger €180m investment programme in Fingal

Fingal County Council has signed a €70million Framework Loan Agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) which will trigger a €180million investment in strategic infrastructure projects within the county’s Capital Development Plan. 

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Fingal County Council receive €138,400 of funding for local Health and Well-being Projects

Fingal County Council has been granted €138,400 of funding by the Department of Health as part of its Healthy Ireland Fund to be distributed across nine projects designed to improve the health and well-being of Fingal residents.

Healthy Ireland, A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025 is the national framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of Ireland over the coming generation. It is being implemented on a local level as part of Fingal’s Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) 2016 – 2021.

The nine projects set to benefit will support innovative, cross-sectoral, evidence-based projects and initiatives that support the implementation of key national policies in areas such as obesity, smoking and physical activity.

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Help Plan the Future of Dublin and the Eastern Region

The Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA) is part of regional governance in Ireland. It has begun to prepare a new Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for Dublin and the Eastern Region. This will replace the existing Regional Planning Guidelines (RPGs) and will include an economic strategy in addition to the spatial strategy for the next 20 years.

The RSES will support the implementation of national government policies such as the emerging National Planning Framework (NPF) and will also set the framework for local economic development and spatial planning in each of the 12 local authorities in the Dublin and Eastern Region.

The Issues Paper is the first stage in the process of making a Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES). It is an informative document to highlight some of the key issues facing the region and to assist people in making their submission to this initial consultation process.

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