Barbara Heslin

Barbara Heslin

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 18

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Official Profile

Most Recent Title
Director of Services or Equivalent
Most Recent Public Body
Longford County Council
First Seen
21 January 2016
Last Seen
19 September 2025

Observed Titles

Director Finance DirectorateDirector of Services or Equivalent

Observed Public Bodies

Department of Justice and EqualityLongford County Council
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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)

Ibec

2025-09-19

Intent: Share updates on key transport investment priorities for Longford and surrounding regions to enhance accessibility and connectivity

Details: Transport infrastructure investment priorities

Methods
Phone call

Ibec

2024-01-19

Intent: Inform the development of new Regional and Town Value Proposition Profiles for the Midlands

Details: Attended a Stakeholder Engagement Session on Regional and Town Value Proposition Profiles for the Midlands

Methods
Virtual Meeting

Intent: To seek information from councils about their efforts to improve, engage with those with mobility challenges and report incidents.

Details: Sent email to address concers about accessibility in public spaces.

Methods
Sent emails to relevant departments in councils about public accessibility. This engagement will continue into the next period. These were general emails addressed as 'To whom it may concern' - Email

Intent: Launch of the mentioned reports and presentation of findings::Influence public policy on the areas of the launch projects/reports

Details: Event to launch of three ICI projects: 1. Indicators for Local Integration (ILI) a national comparative tool to evaluate migrant integration from the Local Authorities. 2. Launch of the Toolkit for migrant candidates running in local elections and 3. Discussion of the EU Commision project Sustai, ...

Methods
EmailMeeting

Intent: To initiate the development of a national volunteer reserve corps with sufficient funding and support from national and local government.

Details: National Volunteer Reserve corps

Methods
A virtual meeting of the CCMA to discuss the creation of the national volunteer reserve corps and gain funding commitments from local authorities for its creation.A presentation was made to the Rural Development, Community, Tourism, Culture and Heritage Committee for that purpose. - Virtual MeetingA virtual meeting with the minister to discuss a broad range of issues and opportunities on going at present with the volunteering sector. The work of VCs The VCs’ role in responding to COVID-19 Volunteer Reserves National Volunteering Strategy This meeting was a stakeholder consultation by the minister and an opportunity to consolidate his support for the national volunteer reserves. - Virtual Meeting

Ibec

2019-05-21

Intent: Enable the Midland region to achieve the growth and transformation envisioned in Project Ireland 2040 through the RSES process

Details: Economic development of the Midlands and the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES)

Methods
Email

Intent: We hope to see all 31 local authorities adopt and implement effective local integration strategies

Details: Implementation of recommendation in National Migrant Integration Strategy for each local authority to have a local integration strategy

Methods
We had three separate meetings with Longford, Waterford and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council officials, asking each Council to consider adopting the recommendations of the Immigrant Council of Ireland's Keeping it Local report. The report outlines the importance of every local authority having a local integration strategy and includes guidance on what such a strategy should include- for example ring fenced funding for intercultural small grants and running local community inclusion open days. - MeetingWe had two separate meetings with the Local Community Development Committees in Donegal and Monaghan urging them as LCDCs to take a lead role in developing and monitoring a local migrant integration strategy. - Meeting