Laois - Paddy Buggy

 

PADDY BUGGY
Fine Gael
Borris In Ossory/Mountmellick

Contact: 087 623 8268
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What issues do you think are most important to people in your electoral area?

•    Regeneration of town centres and development of Town Plans.
•    Relief road for Mountmellick.
•    Farmers being over burdened with excessive rules, regulations and inspections.
•    Affordable housing.
•    Supply of serviced sites to allow people build their own homes.
•    Permission to build environmentally friendly and cost effective timber homes. 
•    Dredging of the rivers to increase the capacity of the rivers to accommodate greater volumes of water during periods of heavy rain fall.
•    Flood defences.
•    Roads.
•    Waste water treatment plants need to be upgraded.
•    Additional carparking in the towns and at visitor attractions.
•    Youth facilities, particularly for teenagers.
•    Biodiversity plans for urban settings
•    Development of tourism.
•    Supports for small businesses.

 What issues are coming up on the doorstep?

•    Regeneration of town centres.
•    Relief road for Mountmellick.
•    Farmers being over burdened with excessive rules, regulations and inspections.
•    Supply of serviced sites to allow people build their own homes.
•    Dredging of the rivers to increase the capacity of the rivers to accommodate greater volumes of water during periods of heavy rain fall.

 What projects in the area do you plan on championing if you are elected to the council?

•    Speaking up on behalf of Farmers who are being attacked on all sides by bureaucracy and unworkable schemes and directives. Ensuring that farmers are treated fairly. 
•    Drawing up of Town Plans to aid the regeneration of our towns.
•    Implementation of the Town Plans.
•    Provision of serviced sites for individuals to build their own homes.
•    Relief road for Mountmellick.
•    Dredging of the rivers as part of climate change mitigation.
•    Road maintenance.
•    Development of infrastructure to generate jobs.
•    Supports for small businesses.

 What are your ‘red-line’ issues when it comes to budget votes?

•    I will refuse to support the increase in development charges for infrastructure which is being introduced for environmental reasons.

 What steps would you like to see to tackle the housing crisis?

•    Supply of serviced sites to allow people build their own homes.
•    Permission to build environmentally friendly and cost effective timber homes. 
•    Conversion of closed commercial properties into residential property.

 Why should people vote for you?

I’m passionate about Laois and I want to help develop it to it’s full potential for the benefit of the citizens of Laois.  
I have over twenty years experience of active participation in the community sector locally, at county level and nationally. Allied with my farming and business development experience I have a great knowledge of what is important for the people of this district and of Laois.