Ennis Chamber of Commerce

Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To promote discussion, active consultation, on future of Offshore Wind Energy off County Clare coast - to highlight urgency re: completion of DMAP consultation process.

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: To raise the profile and needs of Ennis in this (vacancy/tax relief) context, for current or future inclusion in the Living City initiative.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Gordon Daly (Chief Executive Officer), Clare County Council; Jason Murphy (Acting Director of Service), Clare County Council; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Howard (Councillor), Clare County Council; Clare Colleran Molloy (Councillor), Clare County Council; Pat Daly (Councillor), Clare County Council; Antoinette Baker Bashua (Councillor), Clare County Council; Paul Murphy (Councillor), Clare County Council; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: To raise concerns about the need to activate more residential sites where necessary services are available, and to lobby for necessary infrastructure upgrades (specifically an upgrade to Clareabbey wastewater treatment plant - currently at capacity) in order to advance housing targets in Ennis Municipal District.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Gordon Daly (Chief Executive Officer), Clare County Council

Intent: To encourage considered focus on the future of Ennis town centre

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

Intent: The focus of Ennis Chamber's submission was to highlight the imbalance between economic output and infrastructure systems required to to support the Irish economy now and into the future, as out population grows. As a tangible local example we highlighted that one of the two wastewater treatment plants serving Ennis (Clareabbey) is at capacity, thus stymieing housebuilding and industrial development in Ennis.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Carmel Kirby (Director of Services or Equivalent), Clare County Council; Gordon Daly (Chief Executive Officer), Clare County Council

Intent: To have the views/concerns of Ennis Chamber members reflected in the final published Ennis Local Transport Plan.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: To urge delivery of DMAP for County Clare/Shannon Estuary

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Sean Lenihan (Acting Director of Service), Clare County Council

Intent: Information and update and discussion on Ennis 2040 Plans. Request for Ennis town centre Public Realm Works to adhere to outlined schedule, in order to minimise disruption to business in the town centre.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To communicate the priorities of our Chamber members in the area of enterprise and trade, in discussion with Peter Burke TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To raise awareness of the rise in costs of doing business, in particular for smaller, independent retailers, with a view to continued and new government supports towards same.

Methods: Meeting