Niall Martin

Lobbying Organisation Niall Martin

Date published 03 Feb, 2016

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details I am proposing to build a total of 5 houses for homeless families in a project involving many state stakeholders on land owned by DLRCOCO

Intended results The project is complex and requires many meetings with officials to ensure continuing progress and problem solving , ultimately we wish to get to planning application stage

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Niall Martin

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)

Myself and our architect met with Bairbre Nic Aongusa & Barry Quinlan at DoECLG on Oct 27th to brief them on progress and lack of progress with the Homegorwon Home project and to seek that progress be made a priority given the housing crisis

Meeting (1)

On Nov 11th myself and our architect had a meeting with Tom McHugh and Catherine Keenan to brief Ms. Keenan , the incoming interim Housing Officer on the project and discuss issues which required to be sorted.

Meeting (1)

On Oct 10th I met with Cllr Denis O'Callaghan from DLRCOCO to brief him on delays we were encountering with the project and ask advice .

Meeting (1)

On Oct 2nd myself and our architect met with Sean Cremen and another official from the Housing Finanace Agency to brief them on the project and seek loan finance . This meeting was on foot of a reference from the DoECLG Clearing House Commitee

Email (2-5)

During the period Sept 1st to Dec 31st there would have been emails between myself and DLRCOCO updating next steps and required actions . There would also have been emails to various Councillors and people working in the social housing area explaining the project but not requesting anything .

Email (1)

On Oct 15th I sent an email to the Cathaoirleach Cllr Barry Saul seeking a meeting to try and sort out ongoing delays in progressing the project . He didn't reply .

Phone call (1)

During early November I phoned the Private Sec to the Minister for the Environment , Heritage & local Govt to ensure that my emails and phone calls were returned by DLRCoCo in order to make progress.

Meeting (1)

At some stage I met Cllr Carrie Smyth in a coffee shop to brief her on progress / lack of progress

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.

Bairbre Nic Aongusa Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Tom McHugh Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Denis O'Callaghan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Barry Saul Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Carrie Smyth Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)