Kilkenny LEADER Partnership

Lobbying Organisation Kilkenny LEADER Partnership

Date published 29 Apr, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Met with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú: MEP, on her visit to our offices and requested that she take the Local Community Development Network position on the design and funding of the EU's LEADER programme into account when the opportunity arose in here work.

Intended results Our intention is that the EU's policy on the LEADER programme would ensure a sustainable budget and ease of administration. Our secondary intention was that the Irish government would ensure that the LEADER programme co-funding arrangements were optimised in the Irish budget context, to ensure that the LEADER budget available to Irish Local Action Groups is adequate to the challenges and opportunities.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Declan Rice

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

The meeting was less than 30 minutes in duration.

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.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)