Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber

Date published 25 Aug, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Devolving greater authority and resources to local authorities

Intended results Enable faster, better delivery on housing, transport, infrastructure, and town centre management

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jenny Beresford

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.

Submission (1)

To read the submission: https://chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Local-Democracy-Taskforce-Submission-by-Chambers-Ireland-August-2025-1.pdf Joint submission coordinated by Chambers Ireland, submitted to Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Email (1)

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.

Fiona Quinn Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Mary Butler Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Cummins Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Conor D McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Conway Senator (Seanad)

Damien Geoghegan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Pat Nugent Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Tom Cronin Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Joe O’Riordan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Thomas Phelan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Niamh O'Donovan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Donnchadh Mulcahy Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John Pratt Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Liam Brazil Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Catherine Burke Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Declan Clune Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John O'Leary Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Seanie Power Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)

Kathleen Funchion MEP (European Parliament)

Sean Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Michael McNamara MEP (European Parliament)

Seán McKeown Chief Executive Officer (Waterford City and County Council)

Michael Quinn Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)

Ivan Grimes Director of Services or Equivalent (Waterford City and County Council)

Gabriel Hynes Acting Director of Service (Waterford City and County Council)