Mark Colgan

Lobbying Organisation Mark Colgan

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Dun Laoghaire Rathdown dezoned a 5.24 acre site at Our Lady's Grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14 during the adoption of the DLRCC 2022 - 2028 Development Plan. The lands had previously been zoned residential.

Intended results To clarify the facts with respect to open space preservation and potential school expansion, which led to a previous decision by DLRCC Council to dezone the subject lands.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Colgan

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Stephen Fitzpatrick (Former DPO) Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Councillors I emailed all 40 DLRCC Councillors regarding the subject matter of the dezoning.

Letter All Councillors I wrote to 39 of the DLRCC Councillors on the same basis.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Frank Curran (CEO) DLRCC.

Meeting (1)

Councillor Michael Flemming.

Meeting (1)

Councillor Shay Brennan.

Letter (1)

Daragh O'Brien (Minister for Housing).

Letter (1)

Minister Alan Dillon.

Letter (1)

Tanaiste Michael Martin.

Letter (1)

Minister Eamonn Ryan.

Letter (1)

Ivana Bacik (Labour Party).

Email (2-5)

Minister Jennifer Carrol Mac Neil.

Email (1)

Senator Barry Ward (FG).

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Jim O'Leary Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Barry Saul Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

John Kennedy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Pierce Dargan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Maeve O'Connell Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Kazi Ahmed Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Jim Gildea Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Frank McNamara Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Jacqueline Burke Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Lorraine Hall Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Mary Fayne Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Maurice Dockrell Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Dan Carson Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Marie Baker Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Anna Grainger Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

JP Durkan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Shay Brennan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Justin Moylan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Liam Dockery Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Michael Clark Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Tom Murphy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

John Hurley Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Lauren Tuite Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Oisín O'Connor Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Conor Dowling Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Eva-Elizabeth Dowling Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Tom Kivlehan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Robert Jones Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Peter O'Brien Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Lettie McCarthy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Thomas Joseph Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Carrie Smyth Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Martha Fanning Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Michael Fleming Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Kevin Daly Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Hugh Lewis Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Sean McLoughlin Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Anne Colgan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Melisa Halpin Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Dave O'Keeffe Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Ward Senator (Seanad)

Alan Dillon Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)