Politician(s) lobbied: Jason Kearney (Director of Services or Equivalent), Department of Defence; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Sarah Bardon (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Jack O'Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Secure long term availability of GAA pitch on State-owned land, specifically seeking a long-term lease on GAA Pitch at Cathal Brugha Barracks
Methods: EmailPhone callInformal communication
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Email
Communications with Department of Defence officials in furtherance of aim to develop pitch.
Phone call
Communications with Politicians, Ministers and Ministers' Special Advisers, to further Ranelagh Gaels aim of secoring a pitch for the club.
Informal communication
SMS messages with Politicians, Ministers and Ministers' Special Advisers, to further Ranelagh Gaels aim of securing a long-term pitch for the club.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jason Kearney (Director of Services or Equivalent), Department of Defence; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Secure a long-term access agreement for Ranelagh Gaels for GAA pitch at Cathal Brugha Barracks that will allow the club develop first-class facilities for its members, other users, and wider GAA and parish communities.
Methods: EmailInformal communicationMeeting
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Email
Emails to Department of Defence officials setting up meetings, submitting queries in relation to conditions and facilities, as well as making a case for our GAA club being allowed access to the grounds on a longer term basis.
Informal communication
Short chat with James Geoghegan TD giving update on progress in our discussions seeking long-term access to grounds.
Meeting
Two meetings with senior officials from Department of Defence to discuss details of a long-term access arrangement for the GAA grounds at Cathal Brugha Barracks.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sarah Bardon (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Jack O'Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Securing a long-term lease to for a club of 1,600 members, which I chair, which has no current grounds of its own.
Methods: Informal communicationEmail
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Informal communication
Brief conversations, in passing, with public representatives giving update on the club's progress in acquiring a lease.
Email
Emails to public representatives outlining the reasons of the club for wishing to acquire a long-term lease.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Minister), Department of Defence; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We have been campaigning for several years to secure a long-term lease for the GAA grounds at Cathal Brugha barracks, to allow us develop and sustain our large community-based club.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Event / Reception
We wrote to Tánaiste Micheál Martin earlier this year and invited him to visit the club. Local TD Jim O'Callaghan informed us on November 17 that Mr Martin would visit the club on November 18 as part of election campaign. Between 80-100 members (including children) were at the club for the visit which lasted one hour. Club officials made a short presentation on lack of green spaces. Mr Martin spoke to club officials about the issue of a long-term lease at Cathal Brugha Barracks.
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Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Minister), Department of Defence; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform the Minister for Defence of the dearth of playing facilities in Dublin 6 for the 1,600 members of our club, including 800 girls. Part of a club policy to see if a long-term arrangement can be agreed with Dept of Defence for use and development of GAA pitch in Cathal Brugha Barracks, without affecting property rights of State.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email to Ministers of Defence outlining the above case and asking would it be possible for him to visit our club. email cc'ed to Jim O'Callaghan TD.
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