Intent: To invite local Representatives to an IFA Public meeting to discuss IFA's position on the Bord Bia Chair and why his double standards have caused huge farmer anger on the ground.
Intent: To highlight the importance/impact of community education across the Country and illustrate how investing in community means investing in people. Specifically, highlighting critical issues that CEN members are facing, around funding and recognition for the sector across the island of Ireland. Highlighting the Budget 26 submission by AONTAS, advocating for an overall increase of 12% in the Further Education & Training budget for 26, with ringfenced funding for community education.
Details: National Community Education Campaign 2025 (AONTAS). Entitled “Community Education: Local, Lifelong, Life Changing Campaign”, from 22nd-28th Sept 25, with a day of visibility on 23rd. Subsequent meeting with Aontas, Minister Harkin and Community Education Network (CEN) members, held in WCP Mullin, ...
Day of visibility post to highlight the campaign, a group of learners, staff and board members were included. and the following tagged: AONTAS, Department of Children, Disability & Equality, UCD, UCD Social Work and Social Justice, UCD Gender studies, Women's Collective Ireland - Mullingar. - Social MediaFollowing initial campaign, Minister Marian Harkin requested a meeting with AONTAS and CEN members, which was held in WCP Mullingar on 15.12.25. - MeetingTo bring the campaign to the attention of County Councillors and TD's for Longford & Westmeath, and relevant Ministers; and seeking their support for the sector, funding etc. - Email
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.::To highlight the following key issues that 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 deal bei
Details: Westmeath County Council - 'Enough is Enough' Campaign
Intent: The immediate publication of the Action Plan and its inclusion in the budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure another year does not pass with families and individuals left without any indication of when or how the urgent needs they are experience will be met.::To inform individuals and their supports to understand how many existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports will be provided for in the Budget 2023, and how this relates to the needs outlined in the Capacity Review.
Details: Disability Service Providers lobby Government and local public representatives to support the campaign by the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers to seek their support in expediting the publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review in advance of finalising Budget 2, ...
Intent: The rezoning of the lands in question for residential development purposes .
Details: Rezoning of land in Co. Westmeath which were previously zoned for development and on which planning permission was granted. This zoning and planning permission has expired.
Clarification provided and support sought on a submission made by me to Westmeath County Council under the 2021-2027 County Development Plan in relation to the zoning of a particular parcel of land in Co. Westmeath. - Email