Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
Galway Chamber
2025-01-21
Intent: To minimise the rising rates and to understand what public amenities were going to be targeted for spend.
Details: City and County Council's Rates Budget
Officials: Leonard Cleary, Liam Conneally, Albert Dolan, Peter Keane, Helen Kilroy, Niall McNelis, Mike Cubbard
Methods: September 19th - Teams Meeting - Virtual Meeting, September 26th - Park House HotelOctober 10th - Galway City HallOctober 23rd - Galmont Hotel - Meeting, December 18th - Phone call
Galway Chamber
2025-01-21
Intent: To communicate the imperative of additional housing being available for existing and potential employees of Galway.
Details: More student housing to free up the housing that could be used for families and employees.
Officials: Leonard Cleary, Liam Conneally, Albert Dolan, Peter Keane, Helen Kilroy, Niall McNelis, Mike Cubbard
Methods: September 19th - Teams Meeting - Virtual Meeting, October 10th - Galway City HallOctober 23rd - Galmont Hotel - Meeting
Galway Chamber
2025-01-21
Intent: Information sharing and to communicate the Chamber's position regarding the transport needs of employees of Chamber Members.
Details: Bus Connect, ring road, and feasibility of lightrail
Officials: Leonard Cleary, Liam Conneally, Albert Dolan, Peter Keane, Helen Kilroy, Niall McNelis, Mike Cubbard
Methods: September 19th - Teams Meeting - Virtual Meeting, October 10th - Galway City HallOctober 23rd - Galmont Hotel - Meeting
Galway Chamber
2024-09-20
Intent: To progress economic cooperation between Chicago and Galway
Details: Economic Connections between Galway and Chicago
Officials: Peter Keane, Leonard Cleary, Albert Dolan
Methods: Galway Chamber was part of a delegation on a twinning visit to our sister city, Chicago, Illinois. Galway Chamber had an opportunity to engage in a number of exchanges with business and community organisations, including Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, World Business Chicago, Enterprise Ireland, 167 Green/ Fulton Market District developers, Chicago Sister Cities International, MATTER Chicago, After School Matters, and the The Irish American Heritage Center (IAHC). - Meeting
Women for Election
2024-09-20
Intent: Partnerships with Women for Election and Councils on applying for funding and programmes delivered to encourage more women to become involved with local politics.
Details: Engaging Councils offering support for the Department of Local Governments funding call for councils to encourage participation of women and diverse groups in local government
Officials: Coilín O'Reilly, Eoin Doyle, Ann Doherty, Moira Murrell, John McLaughlin, Richard Shakespeare, Frank Curran, AnnMarie Farrelly, ...
Methods: Emailed each County and City Council offering support for applying for the funding and programme support - Email
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-09-16
Intent: To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our restoration targets and obligations and how farmers will be the most impacted by the outcome of this Law.::To highlight how, as agricultural land accounts for approximately 67% of Ireland's total land area and forests account for approximately 11% of the total land area, the proposed regulation will have far reaching consequences for Irish agriculture. It is vital a full impact assessment is undertaken to quantify the area of farmland that will be affected to ensure that the proposed targets are realistic and fair and are not detrimental to the continuity of farming in Ireland.::To emphasise how the lack of clarity in relation to the some of the proposed measures and the potential impact on farmland and productio
Details: EUNature Restoration Law
Officials: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Anne Haugh, Anne Rabbitte, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, ...
Methods: Email, Social Media, Submission, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-09-13
Intent: That all efforts would be made to ensure that the current nitrates derogation would be maintained for Irish farmers.::To request a meeting with An Taoiseach to discuss the IFA concerns relating to the potential effects to the agricultural sector and wider rural community, due to the additional conditionality around water quality trends included as part of the European Commission's decision to grant Ireland's current Nitrates Derogation.::To ensure that the commitment made by the Minister for Agriculture, food and the Marine in late March, to engage further with the Commission, to seek to revisit the conditionality around the two-year water quality review is upheld.::To request a meeting with An Tánaiste Micheál Martin to discuss the conditions of the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/696 of 29th April2022 granting Ireland a nitrates derogation.::To highlight the flaws in determining water quality trends based on data in 2021 and 2022 alone. Analysing a water quality trend over
Details: Nitrates Derogation
Officials: Amii McKeever, Anne Haugh, Barry Andrews, Bill Callanan, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, Carmel Kirby, ...
Methods: Meeting, Event / Reception, Email, ...
Clare Public Participation Network
2023-01-16
Intent: Commence an informed conversation about addressing poverty and rural development in County Clare using a socio economic rights framework::To engage decision makers (Councillors, TDs, Senators) in the findings from Clare PPN's research project::To change the narrative in Clare around certain issues - health care, class discrimination, transport, just transition, and an infrastructure investment deficit in Clare.::To inform the County Development Plan, the Local Economic and Community Plan and other framework documents with real up to date statistics and analysis from Clare
Details: Various communications relating to Clare PPN's IHREC Funded Research Project 'Towards an Anti-Poverty Strategy for Clare'
Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Carey, Violet Anne Wynne, Joe O'Brien, Michael McNamara, Róisín Garvey, Catherine Connolly, Éamon Ó Cuív, ...
Methods: Sarah Clancy and William Hederman communicated with TDs, Senators, Councillors and Local Government Directors of Service by email, text message and phone in order to advise them of the findings of our research project and to invite them to the launches of the project report. We further communicated via email with a Director of Service in Clare County Council to organise a workshop on the project.We held a follow up meeting with Violet Anne Wynne TD on the findings of the report. TDs Cathal Crow FF and Joe Carey FG undertook to raise the report and its key findings in the Dail on our behalf on September 20th 2022 with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs Thomas Byrne. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-09-21/3/?highlight%5B0%5D=inis&highlight%5B1%5D=o%C3%83%C2%ADrr#s7 - Email, Three launches of Anti-Poverty Strategy Report - Event / Reception, Text messages to Clare Councillors regarding launches - Informal communication, ...
Volunteer Ireland
2021-01-12
Intent: To initiate the development of a national volunteer reserve corps with sufficient funding and support from national and local government.
Details: National Volunteer Reserve corps
Officials: Joe O'Brien, Moira Murrell, Pat Dowling, Pat Gallagher, Tony Flynn, Brendan Jennings, Niall Healy, Leonard Cleary, ...
Methods: A virtual meeting with the minister to discuss a broad range of issues and opportunities on going at present with the volunteering sector. The work of VCs The VCs’ role in responding to COVID-19 Volunteer Reserves National Volunteering Strategy This meeting was a stakeholder consultation by the minister and an opportunity to consolidate his support for the national volunteer reserves. - Virtual Meeting, A virtual meeting of the CCMA to discuss the creation of the national volunteer reserve corps and gain funding commitments from local authorities for its creation.A presentation was made to the Rural Development, Community, Tourism, Culture and Heritage Committee for that purpose. - Virtual Meeting
Clare Youth Service
2021-01-12
Intent: Increased understanding of the impact of COVID19 on young people and young adults.::Increased investment in Services providing supports for young people and young adults
Details: Investment in mental health and other supports for young people and young adults
Officials: Michael Begley, Pat Burke, Bill Chambers, Clare Colleran Molloy, Joe Cooney, John Crowe, Pat Daly, Johnny Flynn, ...
Methods: The CYS Younger Voices Group had completed surveys with young people in Clare and had produced a summary doc of their findings and a cover letter. The mailing was issued on their behalf. - Letter