Intent: The passing of a motion in South Dublin County Council that called on the Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy to introduce a national moratorium on data centres.
Details: Advocacy on Data Centre Moratorium Motion in South Dublin County Council
Email to Cllr Roisín Mannion inviting her to South Dublin County Partnership workshop on data centres. - EmailEmails to all councillors in South Dublin County Council encouraging them to support the motion tabled by Cllr Jess Spear: “That this council resolves to write to the Minister for Climate and the Environment requesting a national moratorium on further data centre expansion.” - EmailPhone Calls with Cllr Jess Spear on data centre moratorium motion. - Phone call
Intent: We were not in favour of the purchase. We requested clarification from Minister O’Callaghan on the scale of the purchase; clarification about expected continued functioning of amenities on Citywest Hotel lands e.g. the leisure centre and a restaurant.We requested a Local Community Consultation group to support communication between the community and the state. We also requested commencement of the Local Area Plan process, as committed to County Development Plan.
Details: We met with our TDs to communicate resident concerns in relation to the government's potential purchase of Citywest Hotel
Intent: Continuation of this service through long term, mainstream statutory support.
Details: Crosscare's Youth Information Service wrote to a wide range of TDs on 17th of April 2025 seeking support for the continued work of the 'Youth Information Online Chat Service' - an initiative of Crosscare, YMCA Cork, Youth Work Ireland and Spunout offering information, advice and guidance to young pe, ...
Intent: Calling for the new government to take decisive action in six critical areas in their new programme for governmentTackling child homelessness Expanding universal school meals Strengthening youth mental health services Reducing assessment waiting lists Developing accessible play spaces Enhancing digital safety
Email with pdf of Manifesto attached - EmailSocial media on X, Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin over period mid-December 2024 to mid-January 2025. Text and graphics. - Social Media
Intent: To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model in order to seek changes to council policy on service provision for children, young people and communities
Details: Seeking changes to councils' approach to childcare, youth & community service provision
2 meetings with A/Executive Manager, Dublin City Council to discuss options for establishing new service provision for children, young people & families in under-served communities in North Central & North West Dublin - Virtual MeetingSingle email to councillors in specific LEAs to discuss Community Hub model and service provision for children, young people & families by councils - EmailSingle meeting with Cllr Gogarty at Lucan Shoppoing Centre to discuss Community Hub model and service provision for children, young people & families by South Dublin County Council in Lucan LEA - Meeting
Intent: Have Public Representatives 'sign' the Social Enterprise Charter
Details: Speak to Public Representatives about the Social Enterprise Charter and explain the vital need for each to have a designated spokesperson on Social Enterprise
Amy emailed Councillors Brian Lawlor; Lynn McCrave; Shirley O'Hara; Vicki Casserly; Kenneth Egan; Charlie O'Connor and David McManus of South Dublin County Council and Darcy Lonergan of Dublin City Council to discuss the Social Enterprise Charter - EmailAmy emailed Mark Ward TD to discuss the Social Enterprise Charter - EmailAmy emailed TDs Alan Farrell; Catherine Martin; Francis Noel Duffy and Roderic O'Gorman to discuss the Social Enterprise Charter - Email
Intent: Political awareness of the treatment of four Unite members working for a company - Murphy International - contracted by South Dublin Co Council to carry out publicly-funded work
Details: Dismissal of four Unite members by Murphy International, including a shop steward, on what Unite believes to have been spurious grounds
Intent: To learn about proposed plans for a Primary Care Centre which would require rezoning of land. To better understand the what would be needed to secure rezoning and implications of any change to the zoning of that specific site, on the zoning of surrounding sites.
Details: Saggart Village Residents Association was contacted by Feasible, a company which was considering building a Primary Care Centre for the HSE, on lands in Saggart currently not zoned for that purpose. The potential developer wished to show Saggart Village Residents Association the plans for the Centre, ...
2 members of SVRA attended the meeting on 01/11/22 in Saggart Heritage & Arts Centre where Pat Nolan of Feasible presented plans of the Proposed Primary Care Centre. It was explained by Pat what the process was to secure a material contravention of the development plan to have the land on that specific site rezoned. The meeting was attended by 3 councillors (Cllr OBroin, Cllr OHara, Cllr Carey). After this meeting, SVRA contacted Feasible to ask for additional information, but no further communication followed after that. - MeetingAfter having been contacted directly by the company (Feasible) which was considering purchasing the site and developing the Primary Care Centre, SVRA emailed South Dublin County Council planning department for information on what could be expected if this proposed site was to be rezoned for use as a Primary care Centre. Having not received a response from SDCC planning department, SVRA then emailed Cllr. O'Broin with the same query (05/07/22). Cllr. O'Broin spoke to Feasible and suggested a workshop with SVRA and residents to discuss the plans. Cllr OBroin gave information as to the process for rezoning - a material contravention of the development plan. The outcome of this communication was that a meeting was arranged for Pat Nolan to show the plans of the Primary Care Centre. - Email
Intent: Seeking the support of the SDCC County Councillors in progressing the above matters which SDCC Housing Dept had stopped communicating with us months previously. We felt we had no other option but to seek support from the County Councillors and hopefully get an update on the matters.
Details: Allison Graham, CEO, contacted all 40 South Dublin County Councillors on 17th August 2022, advocating for assistance to progress two matters that SDCC Housing Dept had stopped communicating with us for months on - the provision of two safe house properties in West Tallaght and the installation of ne, ...
