Bernard Pollard

Bernard Pollard

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 8

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Most Recent Title
Head of Finance
Most Recent Public Body
Waterford City and County Council
First Seen
18 January 2019
Last Seen
18 December 2025

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Head of Finance

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Waterford City and County Council
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Intent: Heighten awareness about the potential for offshore wind development off the Waterford coast::Explain the impacts on deliverability of offshore wind depending on the final DMAP and ORESS 2.1 terms ::Discuss clustering opportunities in Waterford

Details: South Coast DMAP and ORESS 2.1 presentation

Methods
Meeting

Intent: That relevant Councils would be more informed about Ocean Winds offshore wind farm projects in Ireland.

Details: Provided Information on the Réalt na Mara & Celtic Horizon offshore wind farm projects.

Methods
Meetings held with various Council Executive members from the following Local Authorities - Dublin City/Fingal/Waterford - Meeting

Intent: No increase in commercial rates for 2023. The L.A. to look for economic efficiencies. Review the collection (or non-collection) of rates by Waterford Council particularly in relation to the Vacant Site Levy (2017) which came into effect in Jan 2018 and to the Commercial Unit Vacancy Rate

Details: Not to increase commercial rates in Waterford for 2023, the burden on businesses is too much. Placing further financial pressure on business owners will have a considerable negative impact on the local business community, which could result in reducing the rates base overall, as well as affecting em, ...

Methods
Rates Lobby - same correspondance all - 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