Lesley McGuire

Lobbying Organisation Lesley McGuire

Date published 17 Mar, 2025

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details The request to support rezoning of land approx 1.25km outside Blessington, Co.Wicklow for residential use.

Intended results Hoped to draw DPOs' attention to submission submitted in compliance with Town plan update, to maintain the property within the town boundary and seek support for land to be re zoned as residential.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lesley McGuire

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?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Submission All Councillors I e-mailed all Wicklow County Councillors in the hope that they would support my submission to have my land inside the town boundary of Blessington retained inside the town boundary and attached my submission for re-zoning for residential use for them to read.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (1)

I phoned and left a message for 6 councillors who responded to my mail and spoke to 3.

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.

Aoife Flynn Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Avril Cronin Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Breda McCarthy Acting Head of Finance (Wicklow County Council)

Caroline Winstanley Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Danny Alvey Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Edward Timmins Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Erika Doyle Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Gail Dunne Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Gerry O'Neill Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Gerry Walsh Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Graham Richmond Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Ian Neary Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Jason Mulhall Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Jodie Neary Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Joe Behan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Joe Lane Director of Services or Equivalent (Wicklow County Council)

John Snell Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Lourda Scott Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Malachaí Duddy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Mark Barry Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Melanie Corrigan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Miriam Murphy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Orla Finn Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Pat Fitzgerald Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Pat Kennedy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Patsy Glennon Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Peir Leonard Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Peter Stapleton Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Shane Langrell Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Stephen Stokes Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Sylvester Bourke Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Tom Fortune Councillor (Wicklow County Council)