Intent: Ensure Ministers recognised the need for delivery is now urgent::Demanding Balanced Regional Development and funding that will address years of infrastructure deficits
Details: Budget Submission outlining the priorities for Letterkenny Chamber Members and the wider region
Intent: Highlight the slow progress in terms of road transport projects. Discussion on active travel routes and plans for Ten-T Donegal
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the slow progress in building of social housing and highlighting the effect lack of private development has on employers. This included not having serviced sites and the issues with Uisce Eireann in terms of the development land South of the River.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the need to have further discussions about the sustainability of Christmas Lights Funding.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Highlight the slow progress that we see happening. Agree a way of working together more closely and agree a positive narrative going forward.
Details: Meeting with Councillors from the Letterkenny Milford MD to update them on Chamber activities and issues.
Intent: Appraising candidates, specifically sitting Councillors on the priorities raised by the business community in advance of the Local Government elections in June 2024
Details: Local Government Election Manifesto 2024 sent to all candidates running in the local electoral area
Intent: Ensure the Minister and Local Councillor are aware of the business issues and concerns in the run up to the local elections.
Details: Meeting with Minister who was visiting Donegal. We gave a brief overview of the issues and presented him with the LK Chamber Manifesto
Intent: Update on community engagement. Biannual meeting with executive and elected members. The result is that Councillors understand issues pertinent to the town centre.
Details: Letterkenny Town Forum Meeting with elected members and community stakeholders.
Intent: To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::These frustrations have broadened into anger with European and National lawmakers over the massive increase in regulations relating to Agriculture. The EU, the Irish Government and local Government are devising policies far from the farm gate with little or no consideration of the direct impact on farmers.::The following are some of the 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
Details: Donegal County Council -Enough is Enough Campaign
Intent: Changes made to the provisions of the Intoxicating Liquor Bill (2024) to better provide for and protect public health and children's rights.
Details: Advocacy with elected representatives seeking changes to the proposed Intoxicating Liquor Bill (2024)
