NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS
When any national level organisation invites our submissions or wants to consult PPN members in Clare we will list them here. All your responses should go to the organisation at whatever address is listed on each individual consultation not to the PPN, but feel free to contact us if we can help you with any aspect of your submission:
Review of Clare County Council’s provision of Traveller Specific Housing
Equality Review of Clare County Council's Provision of Traveller Specific Housing July 14th 2021 The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission yesterday released the reports on Equality Reviews which they required each Local Authority to carry out in respect of their...
Clare PPN Submission to New National Action Plan Against Racism July 2021
Clare PPN Submission to the consultation on the National Action Plan Against Racism: July 14th 2021 Click on the link below to read our submission: Clare-Public-Participation-Network-Submission-to-the-Consultation-on-a-new-Action-Plan-Against-Racism-July-2021 Clare...
Clare groups express concerns about last-minute amendments to Ireland’s Climate Bill
Clare groups express concerns about last-minute amendments to Ireland’s Climate Bill July 13th 2021 Last night, July 12th 2021 concerned members of Clare PPN's Environmental College, Clare Environmental Network and One Future Clare called a meeting to discuss their...
What’s been happening with the CETA trade deal?
What's been happening with the CETA trade deal? Back in February of this year, CETA – the controversial trade deal between the EU and Canada – was the subject of an emergency motion unanimously passed by Clare County Council The motion – which called on the Irish...
Submission on National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy
Submission on National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy Clare PPN and Clare Environmental Network have made a joint submission in respect of the pre-drafting of the National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy. You can read a copy of the...
Clare TD Lobby for Climate Action – what now?
Clare TD Lobby for Climate Action – what now? On December 7th Clare PPN co-hosted online meetings with each of Clare’s four TDs, as part of a nationwide ’TD Lobby for Faster & Fairer Climate Action’. This ‘mass lobby’, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos...
Clare PPN Plenary Meeting December 8th Minutes and Links
Notes and links from Clare PPN Plenary Meeting Dec 8th 2020
Clare PPN 2020 Work Report as presented to plenary, December 8 2020
Clare PPN's work report from 2020 Please click on the link below to read Clare PPN's work report which was presented to our plenary meeting on December 8th 2020. Clare-Public-Participation-Network-plenary-work-presentation-2020 (1)
Draft Wellbeing Vision Statements for Clare and Municipal Districts
Draft Community Wellbeing Vision Statements for County Clare: Beginning in October 2020 Clare Public Participation Network conducted a process of creating Community Wellbeing Visions for Clare. The process involved consultation with the general public via an online...
Invitation to Clare PPN Plenary Meeting December 8th 2020 7pm Online
Notice of Plenary Meeting: December 8th 2020 at 7PM (Online) And don't miss our Christmas prize draw with two fabulous prizes: Anyone from any of our member groups who attends our online Christmas Plenary will be entered in a draw for these two great prizes: 1st Prize...
Governance Check-In: Training for Community Groups
Get to Grips with Governance: Clare PPN are delighted to be working with Caroline Egan from CramdenTech to offer a great free, two part training opportunity for community groups who need to get to grips with governance. The sessions will take place online via zoom...
Training Seminar: Access to Information in Ireland- FOI and AIE requests.
Free Training Seminar: December 3rd 7-9 PM Online via zoom Information Access in Ireland: How to use FOI & AIE to request public records Clare PPN are delighted to offer an online seminar via zoom on how community groups can use Freedom of Information and...
Clare PPN Social Inclusion Submission to Clare County Development Plan 2022- 2028
Clare PPN Social Inclusion College Submission to Phase One of Clare County Council's County Development Plan 2022- 2028. Clare PPN's Social Inclusion College made the attached submission to the pre-draft stage of Clare County Council's Consultation on the County...
Clare PPN Submission to Draft Limerick Shannon Municipal Area Transport Strategy
Clare PPN made a submission to the Draft Limerick- Shannon Metropolitan Transport Strategy which you can read at the link below. Clare PPN Submission to Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Transport Strategy 29th October 2020
‘Understanding & Challenging Racism’ – Further reading and resources
Understanding and Challenging Racism: further reading and resourcesClare PPN and Fridays for Future Clare recently hosted an online workshop on 'Understanding and Challenging Racism'. Lots of people took part and we had a really useful...
Postcards from the Edge: Mike Hanrahan – Cooking up a storm
Postcards from the Edge: Mike Hanrahan – Cooking up a storm With a book tour, live music tour and a number one album, singer-songwriter Mike Hanrahan's year was looking really good. Then Covid-19 came and he had nowhere to go. So he took a leap...
Postcards from the Edge: Willie Hanrahan – ‘We will value the company of neighbours and family in a new light’
Postcards from the Edge: Willie Hanrahan – 'We will value the company of others in a new light' Social distancing and the closure of marts has been tough, and the drop in farm income is daunting, writes Doonbeg farmer Willie Hanrahan, but the...
Postcards from the Edge – Siobhain Landy: ‘Time to step back 2 metres from the world and reflect’
Postcards from the Edge: 'Time to step back 2 metres from the world and reflect' In the first of our 'Postcards from the Edge' series, Siobhain Landy, an Aer Lingus cabin crew member at Shannon and co-owner of Sweet N Green cafe in Ennis,...
Not very festive notices of funding and consultation deadlines happening soon!
Every year just as community groups finish up for their Christmas break their email inboxes suddenly start filling up with vital short notice funding opportunities and really important consultations that have deadlines that could easily be missed if people are off on...
Clare PPN calls for support for the National Platform of Self Advocates
Ireland's only independent organisation run by people with intellectual disabilities 'The National Platform of Self Advocates' is facing closure in January 2020 due to a lack of funds. Clare PPN has contacted the Minister for Justice and Equality calling for him to...