2018-08-02
9 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Kevin Boxer Moran (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Damien English (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Casey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Murphy (Minister), Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government; Andrew Doyle (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Rezoning the floodplain so that the traditional escape route of floods from our homes is kept open.
Methods: LetterEmailSocial MediaMeeting
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Letter
To An Taoiseach, copied by email also, and included in emails above.
Email
We were asking the Minister for Planning & Local Government to issue a Directive to Wicklow County Council to bring Bray's Local Area Plan for 2018 into compliance with 'The Planning System & Flood Risk Management' Guidelines of 2009, and asking other relevant Ministers and TDs to support our plea.
Social Media
We were asking the Minister for Planning & Local Government to issue a Directive to Wicklow County Council to bring Bray's Local Area Plan for 2018 into compliance with 'The Planning System & Flood Risk Management' Guidelines of 2009, and asking other relevant Ministers and TDs to support our plea.
Meeting
We were briefing Sinn Fein's Opposition Spokesman for Planning & Local Government on our campaign to save our floodplain and asking him to challenge the Minister to issue a Directive to Wicklow County Council to bring Bray's Local Area Plan for 2018 into compliance with The Planning System & Flood Risk Management Guidelines of 2009.
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael O'Connor (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Oliver O'Brien (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Brendan Thornhill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Christopher Fox (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Edward Timmins (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tommy Annesley (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Sylvester Bourke (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Fitzgerald (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Kennedy (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Mary McDonald (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Miriam Murphy (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Vincent Blake (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tommy Cullen (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Doran (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; James Ruttle (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gerry O'Neill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tom Fortune (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Nicola Lawless (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gráinne McLoughlin (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Derek Mitchell (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gerry Walsh (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Jennifer Whitmore (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gail Dunne (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Shay Cullen (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Mary Kavanagh (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Daire Nolan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; John Snell (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Irene Winters (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Kevin Boxer Moran (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Denis Naughten (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Pat Casey (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Eoghan Murphy (Minister), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; John Paul Phelan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Rezoning the floodplain so that the traditional escape route of floods from our homes is kept open.
Methods: EmailPhone callSocial MediaMeetingLetter
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Email
60 were to councillors asking them to rezone the floodplain in the Local Area Plan for Bray: this was unsuccessful. The rest were to Minister Eoghan Murphy and to other Ministers or TDs asking them as 'collegiate Government' to ask Minister Eoghan Murphy to issue a Directive to have Wicklow County Council bring their LAP into line with mandatory 2009 Guidelines on flood risk management.
Phone call
Calls to councillors asking for their support
Social Media
Even these few were not direct appeals but rather references to what we hoped councillors/TDs.
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Eoin O'Broin, requesting support, and with local TD, John Brady
Letter
Registered letters to Ministers and to one County councillor who doesn't use email.
Politician(s) lobbied: Brendan Thornhill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Edward Timmins (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Vance (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; John Ryan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Christopher Fox (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Oliver O'Brien (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael O'Connor (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tommy Annesley (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Sylvester Bourke (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Fitzgerald (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Kennedy (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Mary McDonald (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Miriam Murphy (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Vincent Blake (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tommy Cullen (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Doran (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; James Ruttle (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gerry O'Neill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Tom Fortune (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Nicola Lawless (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gráinne McLoughlin (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Derek Mitchell (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gerry Walsh (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Jennifer Whitmore (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Gail Dunne (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Shay Cullen (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Mary Kavanagh (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Daire Nolan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; John Snell (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Irene Winters (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Frank Curran (Chief Executive Officer), Wicklow County Council
Intent: Rezoning the floodplain so that the traditional escape route of floods from our homes is kept open.
Methods: LetterPhone callSocial MediaEmailMeeting
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Letter
Around 220 letters/petitions from residents which we presented to the Cathaoirleach of Bray Municipal District, asking councillors to rezone the floodplain. Also 2 letters to an elderly councillor who does not use email, repeating the invitation we had sent by email to the other 31 councillors.
Phone call
Around 50 calls or texts to county councillors following up on our invitation to the meetings outlined below.
Social Media
Online petition on change.org, promoted on our FB page addressed to Wicklow County Council re zoning. Also addressed to Ministers but concerning purchasing the floodplain, not rezoning. Also petition updates via change.org.
Email
The first 32 outlining our concerns about our floodplain. The rest mostly to invite or remind county councillors about the meetings described below.
Meeting
We held an information meeting in each Municipal District (Arklow and Wicklow were amalgamated) regarding flooding, floodplains, and what happens when flood defences fail, as councillors outside our Municipal District (and some within) would have no knowledge of our situation in Little Bray. We asked councillors to consider these facts when voting as to whether to return our floodplain to its original Open Space zoning in the 2017 Local Area Development Plan for Bray & Environs. We had been asking for permission to address the County Council since last January, but were told each time by officials that we could only talk to our own Municipal councillors (even though all 32 would vote on it): eventually the councillors themselves proposed meeting us separately to hear our concerns, as we had not been allowed address them in the Council Chamber. We also met 4 councillors, who had been unable to attend any of the District meetings, separately, and made the same presentation to them.
2017-09-02
17 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Kevin Boxer Moran (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Andrew Doyle (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brendan Thornhill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Edward Timmins (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Bryan Doyle (CEO), Wicklow County Council; Pat Vance (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; John Ryan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Christopher Fox (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Oliver O'Brien (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael O'Connor (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Casey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Rezoning the floodplain so that the traditional escape route of floods from our homes is kept open.
Methods: Social MediaEmailSubmissionMeetingPhone call
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Social Media
FaceBook posts appealing to local TDs for help
Email
Most of our emails are copied to DPOs to whom they are relevant, even if not directly addressed to them. So the number of DPOs below will not tally with the number of emails and letters.
Submission
Towards Draft LAP 2017 for Bray & Environs
Meeting
With individual local councillors, listed below.
Politician(s) lobbied: Pat Fitzgerald (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael O'Connor (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Brendan Thornhill (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Christopher Fox (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Oliver O'Brien (Councillor), Wicklow County Council
Intent: Rezoning the floodplain so that the traditional escape route of floods from our homes is kept open.
Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call
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Email
Asking Chairman of Wicklow County Council - who passed it on to the Protocol Committee - to be allowed address the full Council, not just Bray Municipal District, on our submission to have the floodplain rezoned as Open Space before they vote on on it for the upcoming Local Development Plan.
Meeting
Met with a local councillor who was unclear as to the necessity of retaining a floodplain when there are man-made flood defences in place and explained the OPW's guidelines on this.
Phone call
Phoned most of the Bray Municipal District councillors asking them to meet/engage with us regarding the rezoning of the floodplain (the remaining councillors to be contacted).
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Doyle (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Pat Casey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Noonan (Minister), Department of Finance; Seán Canney (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works
Intent: Returning floodplain at old Bray Golf Course lands to original Open Space zoning from Town Centre zoning applied in 2005
Methods: Informal communicationSocial MediaEmailLetterMeetingPhone call
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Informal communication
Spoke to Minister Canney at National Flood Conference to ask for a meeting. He promised to get back to us, but didn't.
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Doyle (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Pat Casey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael Noonan (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael O'Connor (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Seán Canney (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Ross (Minister), Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mick Wallace (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Returning floodplain at old Bray Golf Course lands to original Open Space zoning from Town Centre zoning applied in 2005
Methods: Informal communicationSocial MediaEmailLetterMeetingPhone call
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Informal communication
Bumped into Minister Canney on steps of Dail and asked for a meeting, which never happened.
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Doyle (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Pat Casey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael Noonan (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Returning floodplain at old Bray Golf Course lands to original Open Space zoning from Town Centre zoning applied in 2005
Methods: Social MediaEmail
Details by Method
Social Media
FaceBook & Twitter, mostly duplicating each other
Email
Pre-election, asking for support for our campaign, if elected
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
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