Intent: Awareness of Social Justice Ireland's assessment of Budget 2026.
Details: Invited all Oireachtas members to the launch of Budget 2026 Analysis and Critique on 8th October 2025. A copy of Budget 2026 Analysis and Critique was sent to all Oireachtas members following the launch. .
Email to Minister Dara Calleary regarding the indexation of Social Welfare Rates to average earnings. - EmailEmail to Taoiseach and Tánaiste with a copy of Budget 2026 Analysis and Critique - EmailEmail with a copy f Budget 2026 Analysis and Critique to Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. - Email
Sean Golden presented findings of Employee Housing Survey to full council meeting - MeetingSean Golden sent follow up email with publication attachment to all councillors, TDs and Senators - Email
Intent: Urge the Minister for Transport to allocate €2.2 million in funding to get the Mackey Roundabout Road improvements through the next stage of development
Details: Allocation of €2.2 million in funding for Mackey Roundabout
Contact with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science about the fee reduction - EmailThanking Ministers who spoke in favour of a fee reduction - Email
Intent: To ensure that members of the Oireachtas are aware of and highlight the priorities in IFA's General Election Manifesto (2024) and IFA's Spring Lobbying priorities.::To ensure that the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine takes on board the key priorities as highlighted by IFA.
Intent: That the Government and MEPs must honour their commitments to stand up for farmers and defend their interests by opposing the current Mercosur trade deal.::To discuss farmers' concerns with the Minister for Foreign Affairs::To reiterate strong opposition to the Mercosur agreement in its current form. The beef industry in Ireland supports 90,000 farmers and around 25,000 jobs and is critical to the rural economy. There are very strong concerns about the impact the EU-Mercosur trade agreement would have on the viability of some 90,000 families.::That, while it is often argued that an additional 99,000t of beef from the Mercosur block countries would represent only 1-2% of the EU beef market, this statistic is in fact very misleading. The high value EU steak market (fillet, striploin, and cube) will be targeted by Mercosur beef exporters and will impact EU producers' ability to achieve a positive return on the carcass. 30% of the value of the carcass is contained within the yield of high
