Acknowledgments to Resolutions from Roscommon County Council:

·         21^st April, 2023 – Acknowledgement of correspondence dated 23/03/2023 from Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, T.D., regarding Notice of Motion Roscommon County Council.

·         24th April, 2023 – Acknowledgement of correspondence from, Minister for Finance, Mr. Michael McGrath T.D., regarding Notice of Motion Roscommon County Council.

·         24^th April, 2023 – Acknowledgement of correspondence from Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Mr. Charlie McConalogue, T.D., regarding Notice of Motion Roscommon County Council.

Resolutions from other Local Authorities:

·         25^th  April , 2023 – Motion, Wexford County Council

“That Wexford County Council endorses and remains committed to the roll out of the Able Disabled campaign as a means of inclusion and prioritising the needs of those with a disability by companies and utilities. As part of the evolving nationwide expansion of the AD call sign, this council calls on all Chambers of Commerce members, County Councils and all utilities to engage, promote and sign up to the AD Aware Programme as part of their corporate social responsibilities.”

·         27^th April, 2023 – Motion, Westmeath County Council

“That Westmeath County Council would write to the Minister of housing and request that he support and encourage the immediate construction of affordable housing units by temporarily removing the need for local authority contributions and facilitating the designation of affordable units in developments that are in the planning system or that have a grant for planning.”

·         8^th May, 2023 – Resolution, Mayo County Council

“That Mayo County Council would like to petition the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to double the maximum grants for the Croi Conaithe Scheme from €30,000 for a vacant property and €50,000 for a vacant property confirmed derelict to €60,000 and €1000,000 respectively, given the recent unprecedented increases in the price of construction materials and the fact that these increases have not yet stabilised. In addition, ask for the support to petition the Minister to expand the Croi Conaithe Scheme to owners who wish to renovate vacant or vacant homes confirmed derelict, subject to conditions that the property is subsequently used for long term occupancy either through a sale or through a long-tern lease. Furthermore, that those approved under the existing scheme be included when the changes have been implemented, if they have not yet drawn down their funding.”

·         12^th May, 2023 – Resolution, Clare County Council

“That Clare County Council supports the recent Macra Na Feirme campaign, entitled “The Rural Revival, steps for our Future”. This campaign was a march that departed Athy, Co. Kildare at 7pm on Tuesday, April 25^th, marching through the night, physically carrying their message, before arriving at Government Buildings circa 1pm on Wednesday, April 27^th. The message is simple, Macra Na Feirme members want to be able to remain at home, and working and living in their own communities and the key components of their message are as follows: Accessing affordable housing and cumbersome housing planning guidelines.

Disjointed and scarce healthcare services for rural communities. The Governments definition of a family farm as ‘average’ and ‘typical’. No recognition or engagement by Government on a farming succession scheme.

Lack of planning for the future of our rural communities informed by rural people. Imposition of quotas on young farmers availing of grant aid support. Lack of public transport for rural Ireland. Proposals to rewet large areas of rural Ireland”.

·         16^th May, 2023 – Resolution, Kerry County Council

“That Kerry County Council would lead by example and change our correspondence with elected members to a paperless, electronic system for those who wish to avail of it, as it would greatly reduce our paper trail, and would also make it easier from a GDPR prescriptive as we would not have to worry about the disposal of said correspondence when it is no longer required.” 

·         16^th May, 2023 – Resolution, Kerry County Council

“That Kerry County Council calls on the Government to immediately initiate a National Pension Scheme for the State. “