To grant planning permission for outdoor seating and a suitable shelter to protect our customers from the elements.

Make the Hawthorn our national flowering tree

Please fix the potholes on our bye-roads , caused by farm heavy machinery and detrimental to the majority of rural dwellers who live on bye-roads.

Scoil Naomh Padraig has served the local community for generations and has recently, without broad consultation with the local community, reduced its catchment area significantly excluding town lands such as Knockbrack, Cratloe, Park, Port and Kingsland. This means that the children of families who, when times were hard for the school dug deep and gave what they had to keep the school open and operating for all, are no longer admitted. Efforts to engage with the Board of Management have been unsuccessful and now it is time for the local community to demonstrate how important this school is.

The parents, students and supporters of St Mary's Special School in Navan are calling on you to retain our Speech and Language Therapy teacher.

We are owners of homes built during the Celtic Tiger. They are some of the 100,000 apartments and duplexes around the country which are affected by serious fire defects. We did nothing wrong, we all had structural surveys carried out before buying. However, our homes now have serious defects. To fix these defects and make our homes safe will cost at least €25,000 per apartment. In many cases it will cost much more than that. In some cases, we face the threat of being evacuated from our homes because they do not meet building regulations for safety. This is not our fault. It is the fault of the builders and the regime of light regulation and self-certification which was in place at the time. We simply cannot afford to pay for this work, particularly at this time of soaring prices. The government has received a report from the Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing which outlines the scale of the problem. It contains different options for the government to decide how to deal with this issue. One of those options is a 100% redress scheme. This is the only just and workable option. We are calling on the government to agree to implement a 100% redress scheme and to then pursue the builders responsible for this crisis.

We call on NI Water to stop untreated sewage from polluting our legally protected bathing water. Stop covering for big polluters and protect swimmers, kayakers and other users of bathing water!

We are asking Dublin City Council to: 1. Immediately stop the demolition of the 2 council owned basketball courts 2. Consult with the local community in Dublin 8 about recreation needs 3. Provide proper replacement sports facilities before removing any existing ones These courts are vital for the physical and mental health of our community, especially our young people.

This International Kinship Care Week (October 6th–10th), Ireland joins a global campaign to champion families who step in when children need them most. When parents cannot care for their children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, or close family friends often step up. This is kinship care - a lifeline that gives children love, stability, and belonging, while keeping them connected to family and out of State care. In Ireland, up to 12,000 children are raised in kinship care every year. Yet most of these carers are left without the recognition or support they deserve and need. Instead, they face financial strain, legal barriers, housing insecurity, and gaps in vital health and education services. Fewer than 1 in 4 children in kinship care receive a financial allowance, leaving many families pushed into poverty. Unlike children in foster care, children in kinship care are denied the necessary package of supports- foster allowance, aftercare services, medical cards, therapeutic support, carer training- that can make the difference between struggle and stability. The Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) have begun vital work to support kinship families. But DCDE cannot do this work alone, kinship care needs span health, housing, education, welfare, and justice. To truly protect children in kinship care, we need a whole-of-government response. That’s why Treoir's Kinship Care Ireland programme is calling on government to: • Provide a Kinship Care Allowance equal to foster care payments, so that all children are equally supported. • Guarantee child and health supports (Child Benefit, Back to School Allowance, medical cards) without unfair means testing. • Ensure secure homes through housing grants and fair succession rules, preventing homelessness when relatives step up. • Introduce Special Guardianship Orders where the child’s voice is heard, as well as access to fairer, faster, low-cost legal recognition for kinship carers. • Give children in kinship care access to education and therapeutic support services, equal to those in foster or State care. • Extend aftercare supports to children leaving kinship care at 18. • Support kinship carers themselves with access to training, respite, and recognition of their vital role.

We are writing to express deep concern about the recent decision to reduce funding for Youth Worker / Outdoor Adventure staff positions within our community. These services provide critical early intervention, social supports, outdoor educational activities and programmes for young people who are already navigating significant pressures at home, in school, and in the community. The loss of these roles will have immediate and long-term consequences. Youth Workers and Outdoor adventure staff are often the first point of support for young people experiencing many challenges including trauma, family conflict, or social isolation. Without them, issues that could be addressed early risk escalating into crises that require far more intensive—and far more costly—intervention later. These cuts also affect the wider community. Reduced support for young people is consistently linked to increases in school disengagement, anti-social behaviour, family strain, and pressure on emergency and social care services. Youth services are not optional extras; they are essential infrastructure that keeps young people safe, supported, and able to thrive. I respectfully urge you to reconsider the proposed cuts and explore alternative solutions that prioritise the wellbeing of our children. Maintaining investment in youth workers and outdoor education staff is not only a moral responsibility—it is a practical, cost-effective strategy that strengthens our community’s future. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further and to share the lived experiences, data, and community feedback that highlight the importance of these services. Thank you for your time and consideration.