County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

Lobbying Organisation County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Meeting with European election candidate Cynthia Ni Murchu and Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor in advance of the European election.

Intended results To understand the candidates stance on issues and to highlight the issues facing county Carlow To ask the Deputy for an update on the initiatives being taken to bring vacant properties back into use in Carlow; the number brought back into use in Carlow; the number of properties applied for the vacant property scheme by town in Carlow

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nicola Doran

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)

Gateway Business Centre, Athy Road, Carlow. This was essentially a meeting to seek and provide information to an election candidate (Cynthia Ni Mhurchu) who was accompanied by TD Jennifer Murnane O'Connor. Jennifer Murnane O'Connor then sought clarification on a housing issue we raised.

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.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)