An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland

Intent: Additional pressure from TD to extend the very short and inadequate public consultation window on the An Bord Pleanála Strategic Plan and Customer Action Plan

Methods: Email

Intent: That the JOCFAT would not waive pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025, despite the request of the Taniste

Methods: Email

Intent: Wrote highlighting that the kill occured in a river already under stress from nitrates and that disasters like this will become more common with climate change. Asking that they fully investigate the kill and publish the results, implement immediate mitigation measures and rehabilitation measures (including to help prevent similar future incidents), ensure adequate monitoring, strengthen enforcement regimes, and respond to specific issues according to their individual remits

Methods: Email

Intent: To highlight the premature closure of the National Maritime Strategy, which was advertised as being open until the 11th of July 2025, which meant submissions should have been able to have been made up to 23:59 on the 11th of July, but were being refused online well before that time, and to secure an extension, and notices around the extension. To also address the inadequate period and timing of the legislation. ::Support further awareness of issues with development of Green Hydrogen in Africa and the initiatives of Corporate Europe Observatory, CEO to highlight them

Methods: Email

Intent: To draw attention to the problematic temperature neutrality approach adopted by the Climate Change Advisory Council, as opposed to an equity and CBDR-RC approach

Intent: To highlight concerns of the EEB on proposals for the MFF, and lack of ringfencing of funding for nature, and on the negative impacts of the proposals to Life+ funding and consequential impacts for nature and civil society organisations capacity, and to seek awareness and pushback.::To highlight support for the concerns and recommendations in the EEB letter to HoS for the EU Council meeting on 26-27 June 2025, and to further emphasise: the implications for Ireland's upcomming Presidency of the EU; the security risks inherent in a failure to address the triple planetary crisis, risks associated with destabilisation of our democracies and further alienation of society & undermining of the rule of law and public accountability::the need to address misinformation and to provide high quality information; grave concern on the failure to uphold international law, and to address our obligations as third States in the face of serious breaches of international law; call for pressure to invoke A

Methods: Email, Informal communication

Intent: To seek clarification on the Tánaiste's request to waive Pre-legislative Scrutiny (PLS) of the General Scheme of the Arbitration (Ammendment) Bill 2025, and on the potential arrangements for PLS and see rejection of this waive. ::To highlight communications from Gov and other actors promoting full ratification of CETA and concerns from CSOs on CETA, and the publication of the EU evaluation of CETA

Methods: Email, Phone call, Informal communication

Intent: To advise of An Taisce activities in this area. Extension of scope of, and addition of An Tasice as qualifying body for, Section 1003A of the of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 for donation of heritage properties.

Methods: Meeting, Email

Intent: To highlight the failures in publicising the Minister's SIs and to provide correct updates on the eISB on his Planning legislation and to secure a copy of the SI commencing provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2024 in June referred to in a Government PR and anu other SIs commencing the Act other than the 2 indicated. To secure their publication on the eISB in the public interest and for legal certainty.

Methods: Email

Intent: To highlight concerns and the risks given the Government's approach to rushing Planning legislation through the Oireachtas seeking to fix errors made in the rushed Planning and Development Act 2024 and that is non-compliant with the gov amendments with EU Law and Aarhus Convention. Additionally highlight isses with delay in publishing key statuory instrument and delay in publishing on the eISB

Methods: Email, Phone call, Informal communication