Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: To prevent the introduction of helmet mandates due to conflation of pedal assist ebikes and high-powered ebikes
Methods: Email
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Email to Minister Darragh O'Brien requesting he use an evidenced based approach to bike helmet mandates and high vis clothing and to be aware of unintended consequences of such mandates on public health and bike usage in general
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport
Intent: To prevent the introduction of helmet mandates due to conflation of pedal assist ebikes and high-powered ebikes
Methods: Email
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Email to Junior Minister Seán Canney requesting he use an evidenced based approach to bike helmet mandates and high vis clothing and to be aware of unintended consequences of such mandates on public health and bike usage in general
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To prevent the introduction of helmet mandates due to conflation of pedal assist ebikes and high-powered ebikes
Methods: Email
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Email to An Taoiseach Mícheál Martin requesting he use an evidenced based approach to bike helmet mandates and high vis clothing and to be aware of unintended consequences of such mandates on public health and bike usage in general
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: To increase the pace of delivery of active travel intrastructure to meet the fuel crisis
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister O'Brien at Lenister House. Requested that funding for active travel be increased to 500m to close the inflation gap and deliver connected networks more rapidly
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: To prevent the introduction of helmet mandates due to conflation of pedal assist ebikes and high-powered ebikes
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister O'Brien at Lenister House. Raised the evidence of the unintended consequences of helmet mandates and the conflation of illegal use of high-powered ebikes with legal pedal assist bikes.
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport
Intent: To prevent the introduction of helmet mandates due to conflation of pedal assist ebikes and high-powered ebikes
Methods: Event / Reception
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Invited Seán Canney to our Spring Irish Cycling Campaign Gathering in Galway. Raised the evidence of the unintended consequences of helmet mandates and the conflation of illegal use of high-powered ebikes with legal pedal assist bikes
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: To request the Default limit be implemented immediately in areas defined by the CSO.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister O'Brien at Lenister House. Raised concerns over the delegation of the rollout of 30kph limit in built up areas to local councils rather than the implementation of a default limit as was originally planned
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: Meeting with Minister O'Brien at Lenister House. Queried why the reform of the RSA as recommended by the Indecom Review had been abandoned.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister O'Brien at Lenister House. Queried why the reform of the RSA as recommended by the Indecom Review had been abandoned
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Tony Fitzgerald (Councillor), Cork City Council; John Sheehan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Oliver Moran (Councillor), Cork City Council; Terry Shannon (Councillor), Cork City Council; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To secure discretionary funding for cycling campaign related matters.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Contacted Cork City Councillors regarding allocation of ward funds.
