Intent: To ask that Councillors bring a motion to a council meeting for budget towards the roll out of sunscreen dispensers in public places.::To campaign for the need for sunscreen in public places.
1 meeting with Cllr David Trost, 25.07.25 - MeetingEmails to local County Councillors & TD's (as outlined below) including those from Kildare County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Monaghan, Louth, Wicklow-Wexford, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Kildare, Dublin West (named below) from 07.07.25 - EmailSMS/Text sent to members of Wexford Council Council, 22.08.25 - Catherine Biddy Walsh, Darragh McDonald, Ger Carthy, Jim Codd, Joe Sullivan, John O'Rourke, Mary Farrell, Oliver Walsh, Paddy Kavanagh - Informal communication
Intent: To make the Minister aware that we are historically underfunded for Ashleigh House and the Drug Free Day Programme, and urgently need additional funding to maintain services in 2025. Additionally, we seek funding to redevelop Coolmine Lodge, moving from dormitory beds to single-occupancy rooms, to better serve homeless men with addiction and mental health needs.
Details: Minister Jack Chambers visited Coolmine Lodge (men's residential) to learn about our work, meet residents, and for Coolmine to highlight funding challenges.
Emails were exchanged to share further details of funding requirements. - EmailPost meeting, 2 - 3 emails were exchanged in relation to further details of funding requirements. - Meeting
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: To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::These frustrations have broadened into anger with European and National lawmakers over the massive increase in regulations relating to Agriculture. The EU, the Irish Government and local Government are devising policies far from the farm gate with little or no consideration of the direct impact on farmers.::The following are some of the key issues that are contributing to growing frustration and anger with the political system::1. The transformation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. The Common Agricultural Policy (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
Details: Fingal County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Email to every Fingal Co. Councillor and FCC CEO stating that the Howth/Sutton Community Council is opposed to the twinning proposal and requesting the Councillors to postpone a vote on the proposal until proper, full and open public consultation is undertaken in Howth. - Email
