Note: this is over multiple meetings and not all NBI officials or Designated Public Officials were present at the same time. - Informal communicationNote: this is over multiple meetings and not all NBI officials or Designated Public Officials were present at the same time. - Meeting
Intent: To update Martin Lydon on the current progress and timelines for the Distillery project, highlighting the economic and regional development benefits the project will deliver.
Details: Engagement with Martin Lydon to provide an update on the progress and timelines for the Sazerac Distillery project in Ireland.
Intent: Partnerships, including funding, with Councils to support their work in encouraging more women, including women from diverse backgrounds, to engage with local government, in the context of Councils submissions to Dept of Local Government funding round for increasing the numbers of women and people from diverse backgrounds in local government.
Details: Councils support for more women in Local Government
Email to Council Chief Executives and follow up with a number of councils as they prepared their funding applications to the Dept. of Local Government. - Email
Letter featuring localised details of housing need in each local authority area, and invitation to discuss housing needs of older people, based on ALONE's evidence. - Letter
Intent: Sligo has a massive shortage of land for development which is holding back the economic recovery of the town and making it impossible for first time buyers to purchase new homes. The optimum result for the greater good is to have more residential land zoned in Sligo.
Details: Lobbied all Sligo County Councillors and Sligo CEO Martin Lydon, as well a housing Minister Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O'Broin Sinn Fein TD to remove land from the Strategic Reserve in the Residential Zoned Land for current development.
Intent: It is critical that the entire N17 project, as envisaged on launch of the National Planning Framework is delivered for the Northwestern Region, and that the original promise of the project is not lost or diluted along the way.
Details: The origin of the N17 Knock to Collooney Road Project is in the National Planning Framework where upgrade of the N17 is identified as a requirement to deliver National Strategic Outcome
Intent: Sligo has a massive shortage of land for development which is holding back the economic recovery of the town and making it impossible for first time buyers to purchase new homes. The optimum result for the greater good is to have more residential land zoned in Sligo.
Details: Lobbied all Sligo County Councillors and Sligo CEO Martin Lydon, as well a housing Minister Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O'Broin Sinn Fein TD to remove land from the Strategic Reserve in the Residential Zoned Land for current development.
Intent: To ensure Business interests are supported in the county development plan to include improved infrastructure with the upgrade of N17, ensure improved Grid connection for the Sligo Region and the increase in approved planning on housing projects to meet current demand
