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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paddy Connaughton (Director of Services or Equivalent), Cavan County Council
Intent: Lobby for upgrades to or replacement of the water treatment plant in Cootehill to support new housing developments and industrial projects.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with Cavan County Council to work with Uisce Eireann to progress essential works required to upgrade or replace the water treatment plant in Cootehill. |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paddy Connaughton (Director of Services or Equivalent), Cavan County Council
Intent: Highlight this issue to the powers that be as retailers and business owners find it impossible to get long lasting satisfactory service from the various providers.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with Cavan County Council on rollout of broadband in the area and difficulties of business owners securing a consistent broadband service. Frequent breakdowns cause additional cost and inconvenience for business who are encouraged to switch to online sales |
| — | electronic tills and online banking. . |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paddy Connaughton (Director of Services or Equivalent), Cavan County Council
Intent: To ensure safety on public roads by different classes of traffic (including pedestrians and cyclists). Clarity around the legalities of parking on footpaths and cycle lanes and bylaws to be enacted if required.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with Cavan County Council on current rollout of roads maintenance and roads infrastructure in the area. |
2024-09-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Eliminate or at least reduce to a minimum the number of power cuts in the area.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email sent to local public representatives requesting action on the problem of power cuts in the area and the financial and business impact on businesses. |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Introduce measures to reduce the tax burden on employers
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter outlining how recent large cumulative cost increases for majority of employers are simply not sustainable. |
2021-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Aiden Fitzpatrick (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Carmel Brady (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Additional funding to progress the Business and Industrial Estate at Cornacarrow.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Expressed our disappointment that the Business and Industrial Estate at Cornacarrow |
| — | is still not ready to provide serviced sites to potential SME's. |
2018-03-28
Politician(s) lobbied: Paddy McDonald (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Clifford Kelly (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Sarah O'Reilly (Councillor), Cavan County Council
Intent: Repairs required to be carried out on Playground at Cootehill by Cavan Co. Co.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Photos of damage to show repairs needed to support Provision of Funds to repair local Playground |
| — | Cootehill Co. Cavan |
2017-09-01
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht; Carmel Brady (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Paddy McDonald (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Clifford Kelly (Councillor), Cavan County Council
Intent: Improvements in matters mentioned and possible meeting with Chamber of Commerce to discuss same and lack of value being received by businesspeople relative to rates etc paid.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letters issued to : Minister Heather Humphries. Cllr. Patrick Mc Donald |
| — | Cllr. Carmel Brady and Cllr. Clifford Kelly of Cavan Co. Council regarding lack of upkeep in Cootehill regarding Maintenance of streets |
| — | road markings |
| — | Speed Bumps |
| — | Street Cleaning |
| — | Derelict and unkempt buildings and upkeep of local playground. |