Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Lobbying Organisation Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Date published 02 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Oppostion to part 8 planning application for the consstruction of the Naas Inner Relief Road (Route 2)

Intended results That Kildare County Council should build a ring road that meets the strategic needs of the town while not inconveniencing a significant number fo residents.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Members of residents associations acting as a grassroots organization

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Lobby Naas Municipal District councillors to oppose the construction of the Naas Inner Relief Road

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Meeting All Councillors A public meeting was held on 25th March in the Osprey hotel in Naas by residents opposed to the Naas Inner Relief Road. Councillors Seamie Moore, Darren Scully, Sorcha O'Neill, Anne Breen, Carmel Kelly and Robert Power attended as well as Catherine Murphy TD, Bernard Durkan TD and James Lawless TD. Residents expressed their concerns and the councillors were asked to state their intended voting decision.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Mails to Naas Municipal District councillors on 7th April 2019 by Cormac Ahern

Email (6-10)

Mails to Municipal District councillors on 24th February 2019 by Cormac Ahern

Email (1)

Mail to Fintan Brett (Councillor) on 14th March 2019 by Cormac Ahern

Email (1)

Mail to Deborah Callaghan (Councillor) on 24th March 2019

Email (2-5)

Mails to Frank O'Rourke TD, Bernard Durkan TD, Catherine Murphy TD by Cormac Ahern on 9th March 2019

Email (1)

Mail to Catherine Murphy TD on 24/03/2019

Meeting (6-10)

Meeting with councilors Anne Bremen, Seamus Moore, Darren Scully and Carmel Kelly about Naas Inner Relief Road on 25th April 2019

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.

Seamie Moore Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Anne Breen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Darren Scully Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Deborah Callaghan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Sorcha O'Neill Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Carmel Kelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Robert Power Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Billy Hillis Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Fintan Brett Councillor (Kildare County Council)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)