Conor Bergin

Conor Bergin

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 14

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Most Recent Title
Councillor
Most Recent Public Body
Laois County Council
First Seen
10 January 2020
Last Seen
17 November 2025

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Laois County Council
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Intent: People on dialysis need 3 to 4 hour sessions, 3 days a week. Currently people on dialysis cannot go on holidays, visit families and friends or complete work trips in other parts of Ireland, away from their local dialysis units. This is because ' out of area dialysis' is not generally available as dialysis units are at capacity. The aim is to ensure that people on dialysis can travel in their own country away from their local dialysis unit.

Details: Provision of out of area dialysis in Ireland, so people can travel to visit their loved ones.

Methods
Informal communication

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.::The following are some of the key issues that are contributing to growing frustration and anger with the political system::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. 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. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade de

Details: Laois County Council - 'Enough is Enough' Campaign

Methods
EmailEvent / ReceptionInformal communication

Hume Brophy

2022-05-20
Current/Former DPOFAQ

Intent: Ensuring that the phase-out of fur farming in Ireland is fair and reasonable for the farms involved

Details: Animal Health & Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2021

Methods
Emails to Department of Agriculture officials, Oireachtas members and local constituency representatives. - EmailMeeting with Department officials and members of the Oireachtas. - Meeting

Intent: To retain Residential 2 Zoning on lands held by the Group in Rathevan, Portlaoise

Details: To seek support for retention of Residential 2 Zoning on lands held by the Group, which was under review in the Draft Laois County Development Plan.

Methods
Meeting to explain background to the issue and reasoning behind request to seek continued support on further votes/discussions to maintain Residential 2 Zoning of land at Rathevan, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. - MeetingPhonecall seeking continued support on further votes/discussions to maintain Residential 2 Zoning of land at Rathevan, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. - Phone call

Intent: To retain Residential 2 Zoning on lands held by the Group in Rathevan, Portlaoise

Details: To seek support for retention of Residential 2 Zoning on lands held by the Group, which was under review in the Draft Laois County Development Plan.

Methods
E-mail providing details of background to issue, location of land and reasoning for request to retain Residential 2 Zoning, - EmailFollow-up meeting to phonecalls to expand on background to issue, location of land and reasoning for request to retain Residential 2 Zoning, including provision of explanatory document with maps etc. - MeetingPhonecall explaining background to issue, location of land and reasoning for request to retain Residential 2 Zoning - Phone call

Intent: To determine if visa applications were still being processed through Budapest embassy::To determine the status of a visa application sent through Budapest embassy

Details: Request to know status of visa applications through Budapest embassy were still being processed while covid restrictions were increased

Officials
Methods
Request to know if Budapest embassy was open and processing visa requests and how information could be obtained to confirm if embassy was open and processing visa requests - Phone callRequest to know status of visa application sent through Budapest embassy - EmailSMS request to know if Budapest embassy was open and processing visa requests - Informal communication