Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 6)
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
2025-12-18
Intent: No increase commercial rates for 2026
Details: Not to increase commercial rates for 2026
Officials: Sean MCKeown, Bernard Pollard, Michael Quinn, Ivan Grimes, Damien Geoghegan, Pat Nugent, Tom Cronin, Joe O’Riordan, ...
Methods: Email
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
2025-12-18
Intent: Rental policy explicitly supports a balanced mix of housing supply, including tourism accommodation.Minimum tenancy periods be reviewed, with a three-year security model considered as a workable alternative.The cumulative impact of rental reforms and the short-term letting register be assessed together, particularly for tourism-dependent regions.Housing, tourism, planning and enterprise policies be developed in alignment, with regional flexibility built in.
Details: Submission on Government Reforms to the Rental Sector
Officials: Darragh O'Brien, Malcolm Noonan, Kieran O'Donnell, Mary Butler, John Cummins, David Cullinane, Conor D McGuinness, Joe Conway, ...
Methods: Email
Friends of the Earth
2025-09-19
Intent: Requesting a motion put forward by councillors requesting additional, multi-annual funding for retrofitting of local authority homes from the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage
Details: Motion on Various Councils on Local Authority Energy Efficiency Programme
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Andrea Dalton, Noel Connell, Joe Garrihy, Isobel Towse, Alan Coleman, Eoghan Fahy, Dakota Nic Mheanman, ...
Methods: Emailed city and county councillors requesting they put forward motion at their next council meeting requesting additional, multi-annual funding for the local authority retrofit programme. - Email
COPE Galway CLG
2025-09-09
Intent: An increased understanding of the extent of youth homelessness across local authorities and to provide quarterly publicly available reports on the number of young people aged 18-24 that present for support due to homelessness including numbers assessed as homeless under section 2 of Housing Act 1988, numbers allocated emergency accommodation, numbers not allocated emergency accommodation and reasons why and the numbers not regards as homeless.
Details: Seeking a change in policy, prevention and data collection in regard to youth homelessness, for an increased understanding of the extent of youth homelessness across 18 local authorities.
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Peter Horgan, Joe Lynch, Conor Reddy, Mícheál MacDonncha, Dermot Lacey, Oisín O'Connor, Brendan Ryan, ...
Methods: This activity was conducted in conjunction with the Irish Coalition to End Youth Homelessness (ICEYH) - Email
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
2025-08-25
Intent: Enable faster, better delivery on housing, transport, infrastructure, and town centre management
Details: Devolving greater authority and resources to local authorities
Officials: Fiona Quinn, Mary Butler, David Cullinane, John Cummins, Conor D McGuinness, Joe Conway, Damien Geoghegan, Pat Nugent, ...
Methods: To read the submission:https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Local-Democracy-Taskforce-Submission-by-Chambers-Ireland-August-2025-1.pdfJoint submission coordinated by Chambers Ireland, submitted to Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Submission, Email
Horse Racing Ireland
2025-05-21
Intent: Advocating the economic benefits of HRI & to ensure continued government support for the Irish horseracing industry
Details: Stallion Trail Invitations
Officials: James Lawless, Bernard Durkan, Aidan Farrelly, Réada Cronin, Naoise O'Cearúil, Joe Neville, Martin Heydon, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, ...
Methods: Email
ALDI Ireland
2025-05-16
Intent: Participation in photocall and quote for ALDI press release
Details: Invite to store opening
Officials: Mary Butler, David Cullinane, John Cummins, Conor D McGuinness, Billy Kelleher, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Kathleen Funchion, Seán Kelly, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber
2024-10-31
Intent: No increase in commercial rates for 2025
Details: Not to increase local commercial rates for businesses in 2025
Officials: Ivan Grimes, Michael Quinn, Paul Johnston, Claire Hartley, Bernard Pollard, Seanie Power, John O'Leary, Declan Clune, ...
Methods: Email
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
2024-09-20
Intent: A better working relationship with local authorities and better inclusion of people with disabilities during planning and implementation
Details: We ran 8 hustings for the local elections. The local manifestos included local access issues, housing, Transport, Sport. candidates where to work with IWA members to improve local conditions for people with disabilitiess
Officials: Thomas Phelan, Séamus Ryan, Séamus Ryan, John Pratt, Caroline Dwane Stanley, Thomasina Connell, Barry Walsh, Mark Fitzgerald, ...
Methods: we ran 8 local election hustings, Waterford, Portlaoise, Tipperary, Drogheda, Roscommon, Kenagh, Kilkenny, Athlone - Event / Reception
Friends of the Earth
2024-09-20
Intent: Environment in Councils
Details: Email to councillors on local environmental issues
Officials: Chris Pender, Ammar Ali, Daryl Barron, Janice Boylan, Bill Clear, Tom Brabazon, Christy Burke, Claire Byrne, ...
Methods: Email congratulating local election councilors who signed Friends of the Earth pledge to support the environment at their local councils. - Email