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Minister of State John Cummins has today welcomed the funding announced for Waterford City and County Council to progress work to get interim flood relief measures in place in Passage East and Tallow, as well as approval for a flood study in Colligan and approval for a flood wall at Duckspool, Dungarvan. The funding of €141,525 will support the local authority to carry out the assessments required on the properties and businesses to provide protection barriers in Passage and

Minister of State for Planning & Local Government, John Cummins TD has welcomed news that 12 new special classes will be in place across a variety of Waterford schools for the 2026/27 academic year. An additional 32 special classes have been sanctioned by the Department of Education today, bringing to 464 the overall number of new special classes sanctioned for mainstream schools nationwide for 2026/27. In Waterford, new classes will be established in the following school

Minister of State for Planning & Local Government, John Cummins TD was joined by Fine Gael colleague, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD in Waterford on Thursday, April 26th for a series of engagements at local level. The first stop on the day was to Dunmore East, as a meeting was held between the respective Ministers and the Dunmore East Harbour Master at their offices in the East Waterford village, to discuss a number of issues. From there,