RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley represented independent shopkeepers at a Retail Consultation Forum meeting (30/01/20) that included an update on Brexit; a presentation from Met Eireann on extreme weather forecasting and weather warnings and an update from the Cost of Insurance Working Group. Buckley raised concerns about extreme weather warnings and the impacts on convenience/grocery stores and the frustration amongst shopkeepers at the extremely slow pace of insurance reform.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley attended the first meeting of the advisory group on the Circular Economy set up by the Department of Communications & Climate Action. The meeting addressed the need for a national communications campaign and for all climate action and waste management policies to be evidence based and measured.

RGDATA is currently preparing submissions on a number of issues and we want your views. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any views on Crime Prevention & Reduction; Capping General Damages Awards and delivery on our waste management targets via the circular economy.

Town centre initiatives need to be co-ordinated and properly funded by the next Government.  Insurance reform must include the rebalancing of Duty of Care.  Read the summary of the key asks that RGDATA is seeking here, as the General Election gets going.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley will attend a photocall at Garda HQ tomorrow (Wednesday) to promote National Community Engagement Day on January 31. This is planned to be an annual event when local gardai meet local people over a tea/coffee to discuss crime prevention. RGDATA members around the country are supporting the day by providing the venue for the meeting to take place.

RGDATA encourages members to fill out the online questionnaire from the Dept. of Health so that their views are understood. Closing date is 14 February. Click here to complete the survey.

RGDATA will make a submission to the Department.

RGDATA, as part of an Alliance for Insurance Reform delegation will be meeting with Minister DArcy tomorrow to discuss Duty of Care reforms as part of our ongoing campaign for insurance reform

RGDATA urges Agriculture Minister to ensure no excessive or unnecessary red tape burden on independent shops when transposing the EU Directive on Unfair Trading Practices in the Food Supply Chain.

Click here to read the submission.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley was part of an Alliance for Insurance Reform delegation that met with Fianna Fail TD Michael McGrath to discuss the legal reforms required to deliver lower shop insurance premiums.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that during the month of November, 21 Closure Orders, and 2 Prohibition Orders were served on food businesses for breaches of food safety legislation.  Click here to read the press release.