Officials from Kildare county council asked to meet the combined residents group in relation to the proposed Gallops Avenue. Th eofficials expressed a desire to develop the road in a manner that woulld minimise the impact on residents. The reidents took the opportunity to express our opposition to the route and emphasise the need for an outer orbital route to the east of Naas Racecourse.This activity was initiated by Kildare County Council rather than the residents group but is included in the lobbying return for completeness - MeetingResidents were asked to contact the Naas municipal district councillors to ask for the removal of Gallops Avenue from the Naas Local Area and addition of an outer orbital route to the plan - Email
Intent: Seek funding for apprenticeship/trainee ship centre in Athy::To highlight the huge job losses as a result of the announcement by Coca Cola closing their plant in Athy
Details: Meeting with Minister Michael Ring in regard to job losses in Athy
05.10.17 - GARDA Community Awards Night at The Hub, Cillin Hill Kilkenny. Ronan Bunting had informal discussion with Pat Deering, including that new SAS restricts suppliers as to where they can install monitored alarms & all should be able to distribute throughout Ireland. Potential redundancies within supplier companies as a result. Many smaller independent Irish suppliers excluded under new tender structure.Also raised competition related concerns as regards last Pobal/SAS framework, as two separate suppliers under Pobal framework had apparently same parent company, one of whom was also an equipment supplier to other companies on the framework, including a supplier company on the framework that was being funded by the contracting authority Pobal. - Event / Reception13.09.17 Dáil Éireann meeting w/Mattie McGrath (Toni Bunting also attended) re:1. Department omitted relevant materials to Paul Murphy,TD in response to his FOI request re a 2014 meeting between TASK & Minister Alan Kelly re SAS transer to Pobal. Official FOI response omitted documented details of the meeting discussions & other relevant docs were also omitted.2. Contracting Authority, Pobal funding a supplier company, HelpLink South over €1million public funds in last 6yrs 3. Pobal's disclosures of TASK's highly confidential commercial pricing to other SAS suppliers/others4. SAS transfer to Pobal in light of OIC ruling 160198, noting other 'commercial suppliers' were notified pre-transfer & their commercial proposals discussed. 5. Restriction of Lots/areas by Pobal that alarm suppliers can work in under 2014 tender & restricted further in 2017 SAS tender6. Other matters re community impact, potential conflicts of interest, competition concerns & issues with SAS review process - Meeting27.10.17 Phonecall with Peter Joyce to relay details to Carol Nolan,TD by Ronan Bunting 27.10.17 Phonecall with Peter Joyce to relay details to Carol Nolan,TD by Toni Bunting - Phone call
Intent: To propose the scrapping Section 8 of this bill which would allow hedgecutting in August & burning in March will negatively impact breeding birds and other biodiversity. Comms also included detail on the impacts of burning on birds and other wildlife.
Details: Submitted proposed amendments to the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016, the UN CRPD 'Triple lock' and the lived experience of people with disabilities in Ireland.
2 Phone calls with Cllr Nial Ring between 7 March and 30 April.2 phone calls with Cllr Marie Casserly between 8 March and 16 April. - Phone call90 e-mails responding to messages of support from Councillors. - Email
Intent: Discussions with MEP and Councillors about the housing and homelessness crisis and insight from EU on how to use institutions to tackle the issue.
Details: Housing Delegation to the European Parliament
