County Councillor on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Eoin served as a Fine Gael County Councillor on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council from 1999 to 2004 during which time he placed -

• 224 Motions

• 461 Formal written questions to the Manager

He campaigned for:

Internet issues: Working in conjunction with the Library Association of Ireland, Eoin sought the introduction of a comprehensive programme for Internet access in the libraries managed by the council. He also lobbied the Department of Education to ensure that there was adequate provision of internet access for students in schools across the county. 

Closure of Sellafield: He campaigned for the closure of Sellafield throughout his term, he organised a county wide petition which was sent to BNFL and successfully forced management at BNFL Sellafield to add Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to the list of parties to be included on all notifications issued by management at Sellafield.

Kilbogget Park: When he started on the council he made the improvement of Kilbogget Park (a former reclaimed dump in the centre of his ward) his top priority through campaigning for funding and keeping it top of the Council's agenda.

Customer Charter: Bin collection in the county was one of the poorest performing services when he was elected. To ensure that constituents got the minimum standard of service they were paying for he successfully successfully implemented Ireland's first customer charter for Refuse Collection Services, the first of its kind in Ireland. As a result written complaints to the Council about the bin service fell from 88 in 2000 to just 2 in 2004.