County Kildare Chamber

Lobbying Organisation County Kildare Chamber

Date published 11 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Attended Eastern Regional Assembly Meeting with Gerry Prendegast - Chamber rep on the Kildare Co Co Economic SPC

Intended results To identify and give reasons as tho why Naas is required to be identified as Tier 1 Growth town in the draft NPF

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Allan Shine Gerry Prendegast

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.

Event / Reception (1)

Gerry questioned Jim Conway as to reason why Naas is not identified as a major growth town in the draft NPF. He identified reasons for its inclusion and questioned the rationale to its omission in the draft plan

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 Conway Director (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)