Vanessa Liston
Kildare County Council
As Councillor for the Celbridge community, Kildare, I look forward to working for change in how our voice is heard on the many issues facing our community. Open information, proper influence and full transparency in decision-making is absolutely essential for better services and infrastructure, and for excellence in climate action.
At this time of COVID-19 crisis, I will working in every way I can to support you with information you can trust, advocating on your behalf and helping with answers to your questions. While my office is temporarily closed for meetings, please email or call me at any time. A summary of supports is available here.
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Activities & Results
Ardclough school safety concerns
Municipal District meeting: 21st February 2020 Joint Motion–Councillors Vanessa Liston, Ciara Galvin and Joe Neville: That the council install a speed monitor at the Ardclough Village School and undertake a safety audit of the area given a range of concerns of the...
Drop €40 weekly room payment by homeless families
Full council: 24th Febuary 2020 Motion: That the council re-examines the financial contribution required of homeless families living in emergency accommodation,with a view to its removal from the 2021 budget. Report: In accordance with Section 10 of the Housing Act...
Planning
The Government's General Scheme on the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019 proposes significant restrictions on the ability of the public to access justice in the courts on planning and environmental issues. To explain the issue I asked Fred Logue for some...
Events & Meetings
Green Forum – Second Meeting
The next Green Forum will take place on Tuesday 28th January from 7-9pm in the Acre Project, Maynooth Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. The aims of the Green Forum are to 1) connect everyone interested in working towards reducing carbon and increase biodiversity recovery...
Green Forum – First Meeting
Thank to everyone who came to the first meeting of the Green Forum in the Acre Project, Celbridge last Wednesday 4th Dec. The idea behind the Forum is to connect everyone interested in climate change and biodiversity recovery and to mobilise for concrete actions that...
Public meeting on Climate Adaptation Strategy
On Friday 5th July, we had a very successful public meeting on Kildare County Council's climate adaptation strategy. Hosted by Ciara Galvin and myself, it was an active session of information sharing and questions to the Council represented by Director of Services,...
Working Together for Change..
Get Involved
Twitter: @listonv
FB: www.facebook.com/VanessaMListon
Tel: 086 140 8681
Office: Unit 6, Riverview, Dublin Road, Celbridge.
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Please join us to make the change that we need happen. Come along to any of our meetings to meet others and join the discussion!