A Free & Confidential Advisory Service...

Councillor Pat Hynes is available to give Advice and Assistance on the following…..

Agriculture

• Arable Aid Subsidies
• Livestock Headage and Premia Payments
• Disease Eradication Schemes
• Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS2)
• Scheme of Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management
• National Dairy Hygiene Scheme and Dairy Hygiene Standards
• Farm Electrification Grant Scheme
• Grant Aid for Livestock Housing
• Facilities for Alternative Enterprises (Housing and Handling Facilities)
• Crops and Horticulture
• Afforestation Grant Scheme
• Early Retirement Scheme
• Installation Aid Scheme for Young Farmers
• Suckler Cow and Ewe Quotas, Milk Quotas
• Local Improvement Scheme :Farm Road Works, Drainage and Bridges

Amenity Grants
For community, recreation and leisure facilities.

Arts Grants
For the promotion of The Arts by groups and individuals.

Education

• Youthreach Education Training Programme
  For early school leavers.
• Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
  (VTOS) Adult Education courses for people over 21 years of age who are unemployed for 6 months or over.
• Third Level Allowance Scheme (TLA)
  For persons “signing-on” as unemployed for at least 6 months.
  Higher Education Grants Scheme
• Vocational Education Committees scholarships scheme, European Social Fund aided grant scheme.
• Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance
  School Transport

Enterprise and Employment
Grant aid for industry and job creation from;

• County and City Enterprise Boards
• Forbairt
• Industrial Development Authority
• Shannon Development
• Leader Programme

Disabled Persons

• Employment Support Scheme (ESS)
  Grant payable to employers of disabled people.
• Workplace/Equipment Adaptation Grant
  Payable to employers of disabled people for the adaptation of premises and equipment.

Work and Training Opportunities for Unemployed People

• Back to Work Allowance Scheme
• Community Employment Schemes
• Employment Support Grants
• Students Summer Jobs Scheme
• First Step Interest Free Loan Fund for Entrepreneurs

Fisheries
Grant aid available for sea and Inland Fishery projects.

Health

• Advice on Child health services
• Advice on health services for Women.
• Advice on Health Services for the Elderly
  • Nursing Homes Subvention
  • Home Help
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Day Care Services
  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Chiropody Services

Services for People with Disabilities

• Disability Allowance
• Mobility Allowance
• Domiciliary Care Allowance
• Blind Welfare Allowance
• Motorised Transport Grant
• Job Training
• Medical Cards
• Community Drug Schemes

Housing

• Affordable Housing Scheme
• Shared Ownership Housing Scheme
• Social Housing
• Improvement Works in Lieu of Local Authority Housing
• Local Authority Loans for Home Purchase and Improvement
• Tenant Purchase Scheme
• Special Housing Aid for the Elderly
  
• Disabled Persons Grants
  
• Essential Repairs Grants
  
• Home Relocation Scheme for Victims of Flooding
• New House Grants
  
• Grants for renewal and repair to Thatched Roofs of houses
  
• Mortgage Allowance Scheme
  
• Mortgage Interest Supplement
  
• Rent Subsidy for private accommodation
  
• Planning Applications

Legal Aid & Advice
Provided at Law Centres to people of modest means who are eligible to avail of the service.

Roads

• Maintenance of National Primary, Secondary, County and Local Roads
• Local Road Improvement Schemes

Rural Development

• Urban and Village Renewal
• LEADER Programme
• CLÁR Programme

Social Welfare

• Carer's Allowance
• Unemployment Benefit/Assistance
  
• Disability Benefit/Allowance
  
• Invalidity Pension
  
• Maternity Benefit
  
• Deserted Wife’s/Husbands Benefits and Allowance
  
• Orphans Pensions and Allowances
  
• Family Income Supplement
  
• Survivors Contributory and Non Contributory Pensions
• Old Age Contributory and Non Contributory Pensions
  
• Retirement Pensions
  
• Occupational Injuries Benefits
  
• Death and Funeral Grants

Free Schemes and Allowances

• Living Alone
  
• Travel
  
• Fuel
  
• Telephone
  
• Electricity
  
• Television

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme
Can be applied for where there are exceptional and urgent needs.

Tourism
Grant Aid available from

• The Galway County and City Enterprise Board
  
• The Agri Tourism Scheme
  
• The LEADER Programme

Water
Grand Aid for water supply to Homes and Farms.

• email: info@pathynes.com
• Postal address: Dún Guaire, Gort Road , Loughrea,
  Co. Galway, Ireland.
• Telephone: +353 (0)91 842 399
• Mobile: +353 (0)87 240 4404