Intent: To reduce overall rate increase, and highlight the negative impact the 6% increase would have on SMEs
Details: Limerick Chamber wrote to executive and elected representatives to highlight concerns regarding commercial rate increase
Intent: Increase provision of affordable housing in Limerick
Details: Presentation to the Full Council of Limerick City and County Council
Intent: Incorporate FCI proposals into policy/ actions in 2026 budget
Details: FCI Pre- Budget Submissions 2026
Intent: Raise awareness of work being carried out by Jigsaw Limerick
Details: Visits to Jigsaw Limerick by local politicians
Intent: To garner support for a bus route to serve Annacotty Business Park
Details: Limerick Chamber communicated survey results to local politicians for bus route to Annacotty business park
Intent: Elected councillors pledge to use factual and accurate information if elected as Councillor and bring a motion forward to their council to do the same. .
Details: Follow-up to local election pledge asking candidates who signed the pledge to : Local election pledge for candidates to pledge to: That is why we are asking you to pledge to use factual and accurate information during your election campaign, and during your term if elected as Councillor.
Intent: Secure no increase to commercial rates for 2025, as well as the expansion of the current SME scheme
Details: Limerick Chamber Lobbied Limerick City and County Council to not increase commercial rates for 2025
Intent: Awareness of LGBTI+ issues in the community and nationally
Details: Invitation to launch of LGBTI+ Election Manifesto
Intent: To provide an update on Eli Lilly's strategic operations in Limerick and to update stakeholders on the development of the new site at Raheen Business Park
Details: Local Footprint and Operations in Limerick
Intent: To propose that if any percentage of the farm is dedicated to forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the CAT Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::To propose that farm forestry is treated similarly to the Consanguinity and Young Trained Farmers Stamp Duty Reliefs as it is with CAT Agricultural Relief, where it is defined as agricultural land.::To propose that, where a non-farmer buys forestry, the standard commercial rate of stamp duty should apply to the full value of land and timber. This is required to ensure forestry remains primarily in the hands of genuine farmers.::That the proposed Payment Ecosystem Service (PES) payment under the new programme will require farmers to erode further productive areas to qualify for the payment. This is unacceptable and needs to be amended before it is introduced. Farmers should be paid to manage the land they are required to provide as areas for biodiversity enhancement, broadleaves and environmental requirements.::They
Details: Measures to Support Farm Enterprises - Farm Forestry
