Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Lobbying Organisation Naas Combined Resident's Associations

Date published 30 Apr, 2021

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Draft Naas Local Area Plan

Intended results Removal of the Gallops Avenue (which is teh same as the previous Naas Inner Relief Road rejected by Naas MDC in 2019)

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cormac Ahern

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 local Councillors regarding the Draft Naas Local Area Plan with the objective of removing the Gallops Avenue proposal

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Councillors Naas Municipal Distric Councillors and Kildare North TDs were asked for their support to remove the Gallops Avenue proposal from the Draft Naas Local Area Plan. They were also asked to object to a boundary extension in the plan as it could allow the full Kildare county countil to vote on issues that pertain to Naas only.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Naas Municipal Distric Councillors were asked for their support to remove the Gallops Avenue proposal from the Draft Naas Local Area Plan. They were also asked to object to a boundary extension in the plan as it could allow the full Kildare county countil to vote on issues that pertain to Naas only.

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.

Anne Breen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Seamie Moore Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Evie Sammon Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Carmel Kelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bill Clear Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Colm Kenny Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Fintan Brett Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)