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Politician(s) lobbied: Caren Gallagher (Director of Research, Training and Public Awareness), Office of the Planning Regulator; Niall Cussen (Planning Regulator), Office of the Planning Regulator; Claragh Mulhern (Head of Unit), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: RRDL hope to understand the roadblocks facing renewable development in Ireland and improve chances of receiving a positive planning decision on future planning applications, particularly on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Regnum Renewables Development Ltd (RRDL) are trying to understand the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for proposed wind farm sites |
| — | that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Eddie Taaffe (Chief Executive Officer), Wexford County Council
Intent: To introduce Regnum and proposed wind farm to the CEO of Wexford County Council.Also to understand how the project would be received locally and within council, determine who we should meet before launching project and how best to engage with the community. This was carried out after positive meetings with the local councillors.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A meeting was held with the CEO of Wexford County Council to inform him of Regnum Renewable's intentions to lodge a planning application for a wind farm in 2026 and to introduce him to the details of the project in the townlands of Lyrane and Kilmichaelhill. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Hogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Graham Doyle (Secretary General), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Stephen Kinsella (Special Advisor), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: RRDL hope to improve our chances of receiving a positive decision on future planning applications, on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.
Methods: Meeting, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Regnum Renewables Development Ltd (RRDL) are trying to understand the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for our potential wind farm sites |
| — | that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Eddie Taaffe (Chief Executive Officer), Wexford County Council; Donal Kenny (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Joe Sullivan (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Anthony Donohoe (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Darragh McDonald (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Nicky Boland (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Mary Farrell (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Pip Breen (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Oliver Walsh (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Paddy Kavanagh (Councillor), Wexford County Council
Intent: To introduce Regnum and proposed wind farm to local councillors to ensure that they heard about the project from Regnum first and to open lines of communication for the future. The meetings were also to understand how the project would be received locally and within council, determine who we should meet before launching project and how best to engage with the community.
Methods: Meeting, Email, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussions were held with all 10 local councillors in the Gorey-Kilmuckridge Municipal District to inform them of our Regnum Renewables' intention to lodge a planning application for a wind farm in 2026 and the details of the project in the townlands of Lyrane and Kilmichaelhill. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The intended results are to develop a strategy to improve the chances of Regnum Renewables receiving a positive decision on future planning applications, on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.
Methods: Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Ivan Yates was engaged by Regnum Renewables on 01 January 2024 |
| — | to learn about the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for renewable projects |
| — | that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan. |