Official - Sinéad Sheppard

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Family Carers Ireland

2025-01-21

Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel

Details: Seanad Elections 2025

Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Cooney, Donna McGettigan, William O'Leary, Úna McCarthy, Trish Murphy, Tony O'Shea, Ted Lucey, ...

Methods: Fiona Hartigan - Email, Peter Cox to all members of Cork COCO & Cork City Council - Email, To Cork area councilors - Phone call, ...

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Cork Simon Community

2025-01-21

Intent: A better understanding of the EU's role in tackling the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland.

Details: Invite to morning roundtable discussion with some of Ireland's newly elected MEPs to explore the EU's role in tackling the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland.

Officials: John Daniel Maher, Joe Kavanagh, Margaret McDonnell, Ted Tynan, Oliver Moran, Tony Fitzgerald, Damian Boylan, John Sheehan, ...

Methods: Invite to attend as a guest at a roundtable discussion event. - Email

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Intent: Inform local government representatives alongside local community members and residents as to the specific detail within the already submitted planning application and give them opportunity to ask any questions.

Details: Invited local government representatives to an information session to outline the already submitted planning application by PepsiCo Little Island, Cork

Officials: Anthony Barry, Sinéad Sheppard, Ger Curley, Cathal Rasmussen, Dominic Finn, Sheila O’Callaghan, David Stanton, James O'Connor, ...

Methods: Invited gov rep to attend 1 of 4 information sessions, 1 hour long, at PepsiCo HQ, Little Island Cork. The PepsiCo team would share the detail within the already submitted planning application and give them opportunity to ask any questions. - Event / Reception

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Ibec

2024-05-21

Intent: Raise awareness on Drinks Ireland 2024 priorities to be covered at event

Details: Briefing comms on Drinks Ireland event

Officials: David Stanton, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Michael Collins, Micheál Martin, Simon Coveney, Michael McGrath, Holly Cairns, ...

Methods: Email

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The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

2024-05-18

Intent: To voice anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. CAP funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade deal being pushed by the European Commission has the capacity to devastate, in particular, the Irish beef sector. Europe is placing a

Details: Cork County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign

Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, ...

Methods: Meeting, Social Media, Email, ...

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The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

2023-09-18

Intent: To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced measures::2018 - 50% Slurry by 15 June and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)::2020 - Training in Nutrient Use Efficiency, Sustainable farming, Grassland Management/Budget.::2021 - Farm roadway camber away from water, Exclude cattle 1.5m from watercourse, water troughs 20m from watercourse.::2022 - 10% cut in chemical N, Soiled water closed period, Slurry spread by 8th October, Tillage green cover, Plough Grassland only between 1st March and 31st May, Increased inspections - 10%.::2023 - Soiled Water closed period - 21 days, All slurry spread by 1st October, N excretion rate based on Milk Yield, Chemical N purchases register.::2024 - Soiled Water closed period - December::To highlight how the 2 year review will im

Details: Nitrates Derogation - Maintaining the derogation at 250kg N/ha

Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Amii McKeever, Ann Marie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Barry Andrews, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, ...