Bernard Pollard

Bernard Pollard

Total Lobbying Efforts: 7

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Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

2024-10-31

Intent: No increase in commercial rates for 2025

Details: Not to increase local commercial rates for businesses in 2025

Officials: Ivan Grimes, Michael Quinn, Paul Johnston, Claire Hartley, Bernard Pollard, Seanie Power, John O'Leary, Declan Clune, ...

Methods: Email

Orsted Onshore Ireland Midco Limited

2024-01-17

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

Officials: Liam Brazil, Michael Walsh, Michael Quinn, Bernard Pollard, Declan Clune, Ger Barron, John O'Leary, Seanie Power, ...

Methods: Meeting

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

2023-11-24

Intent: No increase in commercial rates

Details: against any rise in commercial rates

Officials: Pat Nugent, Declan Doocey, Tom Cronin, Thomas Phelan, Damien Geoghegan, Conor D. McGuinness, Mairead Tobin, John Pratt, ...

Methods: Email, Phone call with Dungarvan Councillors - Phone call

Ocean Winds Ireland Limited

2023-01-18

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.

Officials: Owen Keegan, Richard Shakespeare, Maire Igoe, Dermot Collins, AnnMarie Farrelly, Robert Burns, Mary T Daly, Ethna Felten, ...

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

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

2022-12-13

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, ...

Officials: Damien Geoghegan, Pat Nugent, Tom Cronin, Thomas Phelan, Conor D. McGuinness, Seamus O'Donnell, Declan Doocey, John Pratt, ...

Methods: Rates Lobby - same correspondance all - Email

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

2019-11-07

Intent: Not to endure a rise in commercial rates

Details: Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber urges Councillors & Council Executives not to increase commercial rates

Officials: Liam Brazil, Tom Cronin, Declan Doocey, Damien Geoghegan, Pat Nugent, Seamus O'Donnell, John O'Leary, John Pratt, ...

Methods: Email, Letter, Phone call, ...

Immigrant Council of Ireland

2019-01-18

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

Officials: Barbara Heslin, Michael Walsh, Fergus Galvin, Michael Quinn, Ivan Grimes, Ferghal Reidy, Bernard Pollard, Dearbhla Lawson, ...

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. - Meeting, We 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