Replies to Resolutions from Roscommon County Council:

19th Mar, 2021 – Acknowledgement of correspondence dated 16/03/2021 to Charlie

McConalogue T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding notice of Motion Roscommon County Council.

20th Apr, 2021 – Acknowledgement of correspondence dated 19/04/2021 to Heather

Humphreys T.D., Minister for Rural and Community Development regarding the motion agreed at Plenary meeting of Roscommon County Council 21.21.b to immediately establish an annual fund for necessary capital works at our nations cemeteries.

Resolutions from other Local Authorities:

25th Mar, 2021 – That Galway County Council make a formal submission to the Minister for Housing Local Government & Heritage outlining our complete opposition to the proposed provisions of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021.

 26th Mar, 2021 – That Louth County Council call on the Minister of Housing and or the

Oireachtas members to amend the I-DA Bill to remove s.49 and 56 of the bill as it is ultra

virus the programme of Government and is a direct stripping of Local Government

Councillors executive powers.

29th Mar, 2021 – That Mayo County Council would formally outline its complete opposition

to the proposed provisions of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021

31^st Mar & 20th April, 2021 – Limerick City and County Council

o That, Limerick City and County Council request Iconic Newspapers Ltd. to recognise the National Union of Journalists and engage with the NUJ worker representatives to address concerns of their employees working in the Limerick Leader newspaper.

o That, Limerick City and County Council reject the provisions contained in the Land

Development Agency Bill, 2021, published by the Government, removing the role of

the Elected Members of Local Authorities in approving the transfer or sale of lands to the Land Development Agency.

o That, Limerick City and County Council call on Mr. Darragh O'Brien, TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to retain the existing policies in relation to one-off rural housing as per the adopted Limerick County Development Plan 2010-2016 (Section 3.9 Rural Settlement Policy and including the Rural Settlement Strategy Map) in the emerging Limerick City and County Development Plan 2022-2028.

6th Apr, 2021 – That Monaghan County Council records it's support for the World Health

Organisation's plea for the equitable global distribution of all vaccines, treatments and

therapies developed to combat Coronavirus

8th Apr, 2021 – That Cork County Council send a letter of support which condemns the racial

and misogynistic abuse being inflicted on the Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr. Hazel Chu.

16th Apr, 2021 – Resolutions from Sligo County Council

o That Sligo County Council write to An Tánaiste and ask him to intervene on the crisis facing our community sector in relation to insurance.

o That Sligo County Council write to the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue following his recent remarks stating that taxes will rise after Covid and ask him not to increase taxes but instead borrow money to stimulate the economy over the next

decade

16th Apr, 2021 – That Donegal County Council support the endeavours of Rosses Community School in their campaign to address period poverty, in County Donegal

Other Correspondence:

19th Mar, 2021 – Letter of Offer in respect of the Outdoor Recreational Scheme Funding

Agreement in the sum of €349,850 received from the Department of Community and Rural Affairs.

22nd Mar, 2021 – Details of successful schemes under Measure 3 Outdoor Recreation scheme including in County Roscommon: Mote Forest Park Outdoor Recreation Trail Experience and cycle link to Beara Breifne Way in the sum of €500,000.

31st Mar, 2021 - Details from the NTA of the Active Travel Allocation 2021 in the sum of €2,397,000 for 19 no. Roscommon County Council projects.