Personalise the bracketed sections — your address, what you've experienced, your local zone if relevant.
A few honest sentences in your own words is far more powerful than a copy-paste form letter.
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[Your name]
[Your address]
[Eircode]
[Date]
Dear [Representative],
I am writing as a resident concerned about routine food-delivery drone flights over residential communities.
I am not asking for better public relations from drone operators. I am asking you to support a clear position: routine commercial food-delivery drone flights over homes, gardens, schools and green spaces should stop.
Food delivery is not an emergency service or essential public infrastructure. The people underneath the routes carry the noise, visibility, privacy and environmental impacts whether or not they use the service.
This issue is affecting communities in Cork and Dublin and may affect other areas if the model expands. It should not be moved from one neighbourhood to another. It should be stopped over residential areas.
The National Policy Framework for Unmanned Aircraft Systems commits to establishing a National Working Group on UAS Geographical Zones to develop transparent processes for zone designations. The 2026 Implementation Action Plan sets a timeline running through Q4 2026, with new zone requests not commencing until 2027.
Despite this, commercial drone corridors have already been designated:
• Zone U97 over Dublin 15, granted to Manna with no transparent process.
• A further zone in Cork, granted in early 2026, before the working group agreed Terms of Reference.
In my own area I have experienced [describe briefly: noise, frequency, impact on family, sleep, outdoor use of garden, etc.].
I am asking you to support:
1. An immediate stop to routine food-delivery drone flights over residential communities.
2. No further expansion into residential areas.
3. Independent assessment of noise, privacy, safety, planning and environmental impacts.
4. Residential exclusion by default, not only after individual complaints.
5. A transparent public record of complaints, routes, approvals and enforcement.
I would welcome a written reply setting out your position.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Optional: phone]
[Optional: email]
Tips for impact
Personalise it
Two or three sentences in your own voice, about your own experience, beats a polished form letter.
Send to multiple TDs
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Ask for a reply
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