Paddy Kavanagh

Paddy Kavanagh

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 41

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Most Recent Title
Councillor
Most Recent Public Body
Wexford County Council
First Seen
13 January 2016
Last Seen
19 September 2025

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Councillor

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Wexford County Council
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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 5)

Intent: To ask that Councillors bring a motion to a council meeting for budget towards the roll out of sunscreen dispensers in public places.::To campaign for the need for sunscreen in public places.

Details: Public sunscreen dispensers

Methods
1 meeting with Cllr David Trost, 25.07.25 - MeetingEmails to local County Councillors & TD's (as outlined below) including those from Kildare County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Monaghan, Louth, Wicklow-Wexford, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Kildare, Dublin West (named below) from 07.07.25 - EmailSMS/Text sent to members of Wexford Council Council, 22.08.25 - Catherine Biddy Walsh, Darragh McDonald, Ger Carthy, Jim Codd, Joe Sullivan, John O'Rourke, Mary Farrell, Oliver Walsh, Paddy Kavanagh - Informal communication
Current/Former DPOFAQ

Intent: The aim was to keep local councillors and TDs informed about the project’s progress and community engagement, ensuring they had accurate information ahead of any local queries or concerns.

Details: Ivan Yates is engaged with Regnum Renewables, providing advisory services. Following on from previous engagements with local councillors, updates on the first round of community engagement for Kilmichael Wind Farm were shared with the Gorey and Kilmuckridge councillors, as well as with three local T, ...

Methods
A request was made via Barry Brennan (on behalf of RegnumRenewables) to councillor Donal Kenny to meet with the Gorey-Kilmuckridge councillors to provide an update on the project to date. - Informal communicationDaragh Browne (Regnum) issued update emails on 18/06/2025 to: TDs Brian Brennan and Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin and to councillors Darragh McDonald, Joe Sullivan, Anthony Donoghue, Donal Kenny, Oliver Walsh, Nicky Boland, Pip Breen, Craig Doyle, Mary Farrell and Paddy Kavanagh.The updates included the information that was shared with local residents living in the area. - EmailKevin Daly (Regnum), Daragh Browne (Regnum) and Ivan Yates (providing advisory services) met with Deputy Malcolm Byrne in the Leinster House on 03/07/25.This meeting was to introduce Regnum and the proposed development, to understand how theproject would be received, determine who should be met and how best to engage with the local community. - Meeting
Current/Former DPOFAQ

Intent: The aim was to keep local councillors and TDs informed about the project’s progress and community engagement, ensuring they had accurate information ahead of any local queries or concerns.

Details: Following on from previous engagements with local councillors, updates on the first round of community engagement for Kilmichael Wind Farm were shared with the Gorey and Kilmuckridge councillors, as well as with three local TDs.

Methods
A request was made via Barry Brennan (on behalf of Regnum Renewables) to councillor Donal Kenny to meet with the Gorey-Kilmuckridge councillors to provide an update on the project to date. - Informal communicationDaragh Browne (Regnum) issued update emails on 18/06/2025 to: TDs Brian Brennan and Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin and to councillors Darragh McDonald, Joe Sullivan, Anthony Donoghue, Donal Kenny, Oliver Walsh, Nicky Boland, Pip Breen, Craig Doyle, Mary Farrell and Paddy Kavanagh. The updates included the information that was shared with local residents living in the area. - EmailKevin Daly (Regnum), Daragh Browne (Regnum) and Ivan Yates(external) met with Deputy Malcolm Byrne in the Leinster House on 03/07/25.This meeting was to introduce Regnum, to understand how theproject would be received, determine who we should meet and how best to engage with the local community. - Meeting

Intent: Support and assistance in preparing and introducing a variety of initatives/activites to benefit the local area and community including coastal erosion, beach access at wooden boardwalk, ramp to the wooden boardwalk to assist use as a look out point, Big Belly Bins, speed limit signs along the Burrow Road, including warning signage for ramps, annual hedge cutting around both car parks and along the road and other issues, fence repairs and age-friendly parking.

Details: Contact requesting support for a variety of items that would benefit the local area and community.

Methods
Email

Intent: To highlight that the nitrates derogation is of huge importance to the Irish agri-food sector and the wider economy. The derogation allows grassland farmers to maximise the advantages of our grass-based system while somewhat balancing the significant economic disadvantages they encounter compared to European Union (EU) counterparts.::To highlight that the uncertainty around the future of the nitrates derogation is doing little to improve water quality but is causing havoc for Irish farmers who are in the dark as to what parameters they will be farming within from 2026.::To emphasise that the following is needed as a sector -::Fair analysis of the impact of agriculture on water quality::The sector fully accepts that agriculture has an influence on water quality. However, it is not the only pressure. Failings in other sectors, such as urban wastewater, cannot be allowed jeopardise Ireland's ability to retain a nitrates derogation. It is imperative that the impact of non-agricultural sour

Details: Retaining Ireland's Nitrates Derogation - Common Objectives

Methods
EmailEvent / ReceptionInformal communication

Intent: Gain support from candidates in the upcoming elections to support us inimplementing the key themes identified in our Smart Village Strategy based on acomprehensive community survey conducted in 2022.

Details: Contacted all running candidates in the upcoming elections to support us in implementing the key themes identified in our Smart Village Strategy based on a comprehensive community survey conducted in 2022.

Methods
Email
Current/Former DPOFAQ

Intent: To introduce Regnum and proposed wind farm to local councillors to ensure that they heard about the project from Regnum first and to open lines of communication for the future. The meetings were also to understand how the project would be received locally and within council, determine who we should meet before launching project and how best to engage with the community.

Details: Discussions were held with all 10 local councillors in the Gorey-Kilmuckridge Municipal District to inform them of our Regnum Renewables' intention to lodge a planning application for a wind farm in 2026 and the details of the project in the townlands of Lyrane and Kilmichaelhill.

Methods
Daragh Browne (RRDL) sent an email to all 10 councillors after meeting with them to share a copy of information discussed in the meeting on the proposed project. - EmailEmail sent from Michael O'Sullivan (RRDL) to Eddie Taaffe on 09/08, the CEO of Wexford County Council, to arrange a meeting with the CEO and Director of Services Liz Hore, to discuss the project. Eddie Taaffe's secretary was also contacted to try to set up a meeting. - EmailKevin Daly (Regnum), Daragh Browne (Regnum), Barry Brennan(external) and Ivan Yates met with 4 Kilmuckridgecouncillors to introduce Regnum, to understand how the projectwould be received, determine who we should meet and how best to engage with the community.Mary Farrell, Amber Springs Hotel 26/08Oliver Walsh, Upton Court Hotel 26/08Pip Breen, Upton Court Hotel 26/08Paddy Kavanagh, Paddy's home 26/08 - Meeting