Politician(s) lobbied: David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Secure government engagement on a specialist developer AHB model that combines CALF, specialist grants and disability-support funding to build and own disability-designed homes at scale.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Devolution of control over metrolink to the project board.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Have government adopt an appraisal approach that counts housing and land-use benefits in rail cost-benefit analysis, and use that approach when assessing or prioritising through-running and other strategic rail investment.
Methods: Meeting
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Met Joe Neville at a coffee shop.
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Met at Leinster house with Eoin O'Broin.
Politician(s) lobbied: David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Secure government and political support for legislation establishing a land-readjustment mechanism, including a supermajority process that can bind holdouts and fund roads, utilities and public space from land-value uplift.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Follow up materials.
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: An exchange of views on the work of Progress Ireland
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Garret Doocey (Deputy Secretary General), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: A discussion on the merits of land readjustment as a means to assemble land and fund public infrastructure
Methods: Meeting
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Discussed mechanisms to fund housing enabling infrastructure and Progress Ireland's work on the same.
Politician(s) lobbied: Tom O'Leary (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Cian Farrell (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Kieran McQuinn (Economic Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; John Shaw (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Feedback on research in relation to our housing policy work, in particular land readjustment and exempted development regulations.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Emailed Kieran McQuinn in relation to exempted development.
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Met with Cllr O'Leary to discuss his views on upcoming Urban Development Zones and the prospects of using land readjustment in that context.
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Met with John Shaw and Kieran McQuinn to discuss our research on land readjustment and the extent to which it would be useful as a means to fund infrastructure for residential development.
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Met with Kieran McQuinn with Sean Keyes to discuss our research on land readjustment.
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Spoke with Cllr O'Farrell to discuss our research on housing, including the policies to assist the renovation of older buildings and conversion of the same into residential accommodation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Kinsella (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Siobhan Russell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Transport; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Awareness of the benefits to the housing system around major cities of investments in commuter rail.
Methods: Meeting
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Met with Aine Doyle at the Commons Cafe
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Met with Ged Nash at Bestseller, Dawson Street
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Met with Robert Watt at Doheny and Nesbitts
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Met with Siobhan Russell at Eathos Baggot Street
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Met with Stephen Kinsella at Eathos Baggot Street
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Daniel Griffin (Special Adviser), Department of Foreign Affairs; Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: To discuss Progress Ireland's work on EU environmental directives
Methods: Meeting
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Met Barry Cowen at the European Parliament.
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Met Billy Kelleher at the European Parliament.
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Met Michael McNamara at the European Parliament.
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Met Philip Nugent on a video call.
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Met Regina Doherty at the European Parliament.
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Met Thomas Byrne and Daniel Griffin at Government Buildings.
Politician(s) lobbied: William Beausang (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science
Intent: More compute capacity for Irish researchers
Methods: Meeting
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Met at CoffeeAngel near DFHERIS.
