Intent: To increase awareness and understanding among Oireachtas members of the importance and effectiveness of the HEAR and DARE schemes and to encourage continued political and policy support for initiatives that promote equitable access to higher education.
Details: A briefing was provided to TDs and Senators on the Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) and Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) schemes, outlining their role in widening participation and improving access to higher education for underrepresented and disadvantaged students.
Intent: Partnerships, including funding, with Councils to support their work in encouraging more women, including women from diverse backgrounds, to engage with local government, in the context of Councils submissions to Dept of Local Government funding round for increasing the numbers of women and people from diverse backgrounds in local government.
Details: Councils support for more women in Local Government
Email to Council Chief Executives and follow up with a number of councils as they prepared their funding applications to the Dept. of Local Government. - Email
Intent: Mandate is seeking support from candidates in relation to their General Election objectives for Donegal i.e. Increase in housing supply, improvements to Letterkenny Hospital, 100% mica redress scheme, improvements in local health services.
Email 15 Nov 2024 from Eoin Coates, Mandate Re Invitation to the Launch of 'Donegal Rising' video in the Station House Hotel, Letterkenny at 8pm on Thurs 21st Nov 2024, where member's from the retail sector in Donegal laid out their demands of candidates ahead of the General Election. - Email
Intent: To secure a meeting with elected representatives to brief them on critical need for the project and the benefits delivered to security of water supply.
Details: Letter (including meeting requests) to brief elected representatives on National Development Plan priority infrastructure delivery - the Water Supply Project Eastern & Midlands Region.
29 April 2024 - letters to 1. Michael Lowry TD2. Barry Cowen TD3. Jackie Cahill TD4. Sean Fleming TD5. Alan Kelly TD6. Anna Marie Delaney7. Pat Gallagher 8. Sonya Kavanagh 9. Colm Ward - Letter
Intent: To inform economic development related initiatives in Athlone including the implementation of the economic strategy and preparation of the Athlone Urban Area Plan
Details: Inaugural meeting of the Implementation Advisory Group for the Economic Strategy for the Regional Centre of Athlone
