Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
Lesley McGuire
2025-03-17
Intent: Hoped to draw DPOs' attention to submission submitted in compliance with Town plan update, to maintain the property within the town boundary and seek support for land to be re zoned as residential.
Details: The request to support rezoning of land approx 1.25km outside Blessington, Co.Wicklow for residential use.
Officials: Aoife Flynn, Avril Cronin, Breda McCarthy, Caroline Winstanley, Danny Alvey, Edward Timmins, Erika Doyle, Gail Dunne, ...
Methods: I phoned and left a message for 6 councillors who responded to my mail and spoke to 3. - Phone call
Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)
2024-09-20
Intent: I contacted 16 councillors from Wicklow and Kildare to ask them to get involved with my Regional Project. I asked them each to send me a short video detailing their experience with local elections and how those democratic processes were important, as they are how we choose who represents our community.
Details: ' The aim is to compile a video with these clips to accompany the launch of my Democracy In Action project. As the resource is for students to use during student council elections, I wanted to give an example of how powerful one person's vote can be in their community, which in our case is school., ...
Officials: Aidan Farrelly, Naoise O'Cearúil, Pat Kennedy, Peir Leonard, Avril Cronin, Jason Mulhall, Erika Doyle, Caroline Winstanley, ...
Methods: Email
Trinity Care
2024-09-17
Intent: secure support and funding for the irish nursing home sector and raise awareness about the NHI Crisis in Care Campaign
Details: NHI Crisis in Care Campaign
Officials: Irene Winters, John Snell, Shay Cullen, Gerry Walsh, Paul O'Brien, Gail Dunne, Mags Crean, Derek Mitchell, ...
Dublin Simon Community
2024-09-10
Intent: Briefed on Dublin Simon 'local election asks' in relation to housing and homelessness
Details: Mass email to local political candidates prior to local elections
Officials: Tommy Reilly, Emer Tóibín, Erika Doyle, Anne Ferris, Mary Kavanagh, John Snell, Paul O'Brien, Gail Dunne, ...
Methods: Email
County Wicklow Public Participation Network
2024-08-30
Intent: Additional Participation in the Wicklow County Council Strategic Policy Committees for the community sector through the community & voluntary, social inclusion and environmental sectors
Details: Wicklow County Council Draft SPC Scheme 2024-2029 Public Consultation
Officials: Aoife Flynn, Avril Cronin, Caroline Winstanley, Danny Alvey, Dermot O'Brien, Edward Timmins, Emer O'Gorman, Erika Doyle, ...
Methods: Submission
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
2024-05-22
Intent: Alerting local representatives to the fact that AsIAm had received funding for a pilot Autism One Stop Shop in both CHO2 and CHO7
Details: One Stops Shops
Officials: Alan Cheevers, Alan Curran, Clodagh Higgins, Colette Connolly, Declan McDonnell, Donal Lyons, Eddie Hoare, Frank Fahy, ...
Methods: Email
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-17
Intent: To communicate to the Irish Government, the vast number of issues and the frustration of farmers on the ground due a number of key issues, including::- The EU Green Deal/Farm to Fork policies and their impact on farm productivity/cost of production;::- The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production to curbing farm output – particularly GAEC 2;::- The proposed Mercosur deal and how it could devastate the Irish Beef sector;::- Overly complicated schemes such as ACRES and TAMS which have been poorly implemented by the Irish Department of Agriculture leading to widespread delayed payment and failure to deliver any investment grant aid approvals in 2023;::- Excessive regulation adding massively to farmers cost of production;::- Nitrates derogation reduction;::- The Nature Restoration;::- The Industrial Emissions Directive and the Commissions farcical handling of it;.::- The 3-crop and catch crops rules in tillage with DAFM saying this week there is no room for flexibility d
Details: EU Farmer Protests - Solidarity of Irish Farmers
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Aidan Browne, Aidan Farrelly, Aisling Dolan, Al McDonnell, Alan Dillon, Andrea Dalton, Andrew Bolger, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-17
Intent: To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being places on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::To highlight the following key issues that are contributing to growing frustration and anger with the political system::1. The transformation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being ask
Details: Wicklow County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Officials: Anne Ferris, Aoife Flynn, Avril Cronin, Derek Mitchell, Dermot O'Brien, Edward Timmins, Erika Doyle, Gail Dunne, ...
Methods: Event / Reception, Social Media, Email, ...
Codling Wind Park Limited
2024-01-19
Intent: To provide a briefing on the project to relevant stakeholders
Details: Proposed development of Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure by Codling Wind Park
Officials: Gerry Walsh, Lourda Scott, Mark Barry, Ivana Bacik, Jennifer Whitmore, Pat Casey, Stephen Donnelly, Simon Harris, ...
Methods: Meetings conducted with key stakeholders to provide an update on the CWP Project off the coast of North Wicklow, with onshore connectivity at Poolbeg Peninsula, Dublin - Meeting, Presentation to Wicklow County Council meeting to provide update and overview of the CWP Project - Meeting
Bolt Itx
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2023-09-21
Intent: To see shared rental schemes rolled out across Ireland, particularly eBikes
Details: Discussions on shared sustainable transport schemes
Officials: Erika Doyle, Dermot O'Brien, Melanie Corrigan, Rory O'Connor, Anne Ferris, Grace McManus, Aoife Flynn, Joe Behan
Methods: Exploring the potential of eBikes in towns/cities and discussing the value of research into these schemes - Email, Exploring the potential of eBikes in towns/cities and a bike demo - Meeting