Intent: That Clare County Council calls on the Minister for Agriculture to arrange a meeting between the Chair of Bord Bia, Larry Murrin, IFA, ICMSA and other farming stakeholders in the interest of dialogue. For the Chair to brief the stakeholders and answer fully and comprehensively all questions to the satisfaction of the farming organisations.::Should the Chair of Bord Bia fail to answer the questions or fail to answer the questions to the satisfaction of the farming organisations that the Minister will request his resignation.
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.
Details: Ennis Chamber commissioned a report - Ennis Residential Zoning Profile - to examine how many residential zoned sites within Ennis Municipal District have been partially or fully activated within Clare County Development plan 2023 - 2029. The resulting fact-based report provided a basis for conversat, ...
Diarmuid McMahon President and Margaret O'Brien, CEO of Ennis Chamber, members of Ennis Chamber 'Property Developer' committee and author of the Ennis Zoning Report Justin Gleeson of People & Place consultants, met with elected members of Ennis Municipal District on October 21st, to discuss the findings of Ennis Chamber's report on residential zoning in Ennis, and to ask the elected councillors to seek investment in Clareabbey Waste Water Treatment Plant, which is currently at full capacity. - MeetingDiarmuid McMahon President of Ennis Chamber Margaret O'Brien, CEO of Ennis Chamber, members of Ennis Chambers 'Property Developer' committee and author of the Ennis Zoning Report Justin Gleeson of People & Place consultants met on September 24th with Chief Executive of Clare County Council Gordon Daly and members of the senior management team, involved in planning/ housing /development. - MeetingDiarmuid McMahon President of Ennis Chamber, Margaret O'Brien, CEO of Ennis Chamber, and a representative of Ennis Chambers 'Property Developer' committee met with Joe Cooney TD on October 5th to discuss key findings in Ennis Chamber's report on residential zoning in Ennis, and to ask Deputy Cooney to seek investment in Clareabbey Waste Water Treatment Plant, which is currently at full capacity. - Meeting
Email to seven Councillors setting out concerns regarding alternations to the Gort Road/Highfield Park roundabout, as proposed in the Ennis Local Transport Plan. - Email
Intent: To invite local representatives to an IFA Solar Event to learn how solar energy can benefit local farmers, both financially and environmentally.
Intent: The purpose of the event overall was to highlight the work of Helium to an audience of decision-makers, donors and key stakeholders. By inviting the Mayor and the Councillor, we intended to highlight our work specifically to a local political audience.
Details: Mayor of Ennis Clare Colleran Molloy and Cllr Mary Howard attended a Helium Showcase Stakeholder Event in Súil Gallery, Ennis on 27th May to coincide with the launch of Helium's 'Journeys' artwork exhibition by young people.
Intent: Clare PPN wanted the opportunity to explain the work of Clare PPN to the Councillors, some of whom are newly elected and haven't yet had this chance
Details: Clare ppn wrote to all Councillors in Clare to ask them for the opportunity for our organisation to be invited to a Council meeting to present on our work
Intent: To strongly reject proposals suggesting that Clare Local Authority would use CPO (Compulsory Purchase Orders) powers as an option to confiscate private land from farmers on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk.::To call on Clare County Council to immediately withdraw the CPO option and threat from the draft report.::To call on Clare County Council to engage constructively with the farmers and the IFA so an appropriate and effective arrangement can be agreed on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk which reflects the scale of up to 1.5m tourists and estimated revenue of €19m annually.
Details: Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) on Farms at the Cliffs of Moher
Emails regarding financial support of Tour de Munster cycle. Cllr Clare Colleran kindly agreed to support the Tour de Munster with councillor discretionary funding of €1,000 and also forwarded the email of request tocolleagues in the Ennis Municipal District, asking that they might consider supporting the cycle and revert to thebranch directly if intending to do so. Other councillors did not reply. Clare County Council is now listed as asponsor of the Tour de Munster cycle. - Email
Intent: To create a greater awareness among the elected members of Clare County Council about the lack of prevalence data, and need to progress with standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with FASD. Broader, to answer any questions that the elected members would have about the condition, the organisation, or how they could support our aims.
Details: Briefing to elected members of Clare County Council
1 x phone call with Cllr. James Ryan to organise the briefing. - Phone call3 x emails with Clare County Council staff to organise the briefing. - Email4 x phone calls with Clare County Council staff to organise the briefing. - Phone call
