Waterford Chamber of Commerce

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán McKeown (Chief Executive Officer), Waterford City and County Council

Intent: Waterford City & County Council to consider Waterford Chamber's proposal to re-purpose William Vincent Wallace Plaza as a destination, not only landscaping and planting.::William Vincent Wallace Plaza’s design brief be explicitly amended to include a clear functional purpose, specifically, as the formal starting point of the Waterford Greenway, alongside its landscape and planting objectives.::Provision for food and beverage units be designed into the refurbished Plaza, with a concession model considered as a source of revenue to fund ongoing maintenance.::Waterford City & County Council to confirm whether, and to what level, an annual maintenance budget will be committed to the Plaza following refurbishment.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Government to continue to protect investment in agriculture through the Common Agricultural Policy and associated national support.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Government to address bed capacity deficit of University Hospital Waterford in comparison with other model 4 hospitals.::Government to provide long-term funding for the phased expansion of University Hospital Waterford.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Government to address imbalance of public investment in higher education between universities, i.e. equitable funding for South East Technological University in line with other universities.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport

Intent: Government investment in the N24 and N25 roads and the Waterford-Dublin rail service.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Government to address the shortage of ready and available building sites and modern advance buildings to facilitate new investment opportunities in the South East.::Additional regional investment to support indigenous businesses and development of Port of Waterford to establish Ireland's principle offshore wind hub.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Ned Brennan (Director of Services or Equivalent), Waterford City and County Council

Intent: Waterford City & County Council to provide clarity on questions from Waterford Chamber regarding the awarding of the contract to develop Tramore Railway Station.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán McKeown (Chief Executive Officer), Waterford City and County Council

Intent: Waterford City & County Council to consider proposal from Waterford Chamber to operate 3/4 George's Street, when completed, as a city centre enterprise and collaboration hub.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán McKeown (Chief Executive Officer), Waterford City and County Council

Intent: Waterford City & County Council to reconsider recent installation to lifeguard station, bicycle stands and bus stops in Dunmore East which have had a negative effect on the village.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Mary Butler (Government Chief Whip and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Government to consider recommendations in Waterford Chamber's Pre-Budget 2027 Submission 'Unleashing the South East'::The government should commit long-term funding to expand University Hospital Waterford in four stages.::Deliver the investment to SETU that the South East region was promised. So far, SETU has only received €27.2 million in funding since it was set up, the lowest of Ireland’s five technological universities, and less than half of what ATU received (€51.6 million) over the same period.::Completing the “missing link” in the national motorway network between Foynes and Rosslare, upgrading the N24 (Waterford to Limerick) and N25 (serving Waterford Port and Rosslare Europort) roads, improving the rail line to Dublin via Kilkenny, reopening the Waterford-to- Rosslare railway, and improving road access to the redeveloped Waterford Airport.::Support the Port of Waterford's Masterplan (2020–2044).::Publish how much capital funding each region gets every year and carry out afull

Methods: Email