Padraig Hughes

Intent: To seek support for the pub sector in Budget 2027

Details: Budget 2027

Intent: Secure funding for budget measures

Details: Sought support for the CTTC's budget proposals to secure sustainability supports, VAT-71 modernisation, free fares for under-9s, and school transport funding idexation

Intent: Secure engagement between the Department of Transport in the Republic of Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, and to explore whether a derogation, mutual recognition arrangement or other formal exemption could facilitate legitimate cross-border operations

Details: Raised concerns surrounding cross-border regulations for SPSVs

Intent: Secure funding for budget measures

Details: Sought support for the CTTC's budget proposals to secure sustainability supports, VAT-71 modernisation, free fares for under-9s, and school transport funding idexation

Intent: Communicate the importance of existing Double Taxation Agreements and the need for new agreements with some jurisdictions.

Details: St Patrick's Day global ministerial visits

Intent: Seeking assurances that legislation mandating helmets on e-bikes and scooters does not include all bicycles

Details: Rules on e-bikes and scooters

Intent: To secure a meeting between members of The Bar and parliamentary party members and officials to discuss topics including judicial review, the Civil Reform Bill, Civil Legal Aid and Criminal Legal Aid.

Details: Invitation to meet with members of the Bar of Ireland to discuss various legal reforms currently underway

Intent: To secure engagement with me and ensure that relevant State bodies and public officials were aware that, in my professional view, the approved GCRR fails to meet its key objectives and should not be relied upon for further State planning, approval, funding, sanction or implementation without due diligence.::To have the relevant bodies evaluate whether modifications within the existing GCRR corridor / scheme envelope could allow the scheme to meet its own objectives. The intended result was not to promote an unrelated new project, but to seek proper reassessment of the approved configuration.::To ensure that future reliance on the approved GCRR is informed by an objective review of the concerns raised in my correspondence, including whether the scheme was incorrectly assessed and whether it can be modified within its own envelope to better meet the objectives used to justify it.::To place the responsible bodies on formal notice that the issue is one of objective compliance and public-in

Details: Communications on the Galway City Ring Road, N6/M6 corridor, route selection, road hierarchy and public transport integration. Based on my long roads career, I stated my professional view that the approved GCRR was incorrectly evaluated against its own objectives and sought due diligence on modifica, ... Read more

Intent: To ensure there is a understanding of the financial burden faced by inter-county players at a time they are generating significant sums for the exchequer. This is part of a campaign to seek an increase in the government grant available to inter-county players as part of the upcoming budget.

Details: The Indecon Report on the Economic and Social Impact of GPA Players and how its findings relate to State funding for inter-county players

Intent: Sufficient allocation to ensure fair distribution of public funds

Details: Funding for Coimisiún na Meán Schemes and sufficient Departmental Funding for Government, semi-State and Local Authority advertising to ensure equitable allocation to trusted public service content providers so that all readers and audiences are reached