All Officials
Select methods...
Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
2025-09-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Jenny McCormack (Special Adviser), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Visit for the Minister to see industrial composting process of brown bin and garden waste.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Official Visit to Enviro Grind Ltd Composting Site |
| — | Pettigo |
| — | Donegal |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Quinlan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Introduction to new CEO of Cré and update on the Biomethane Strategy
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | General introduction to new management in Cré and to discussion on the Biomethane Strategy |
2024-01-10
Politician(s) lobbied: Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Update of the progress from previous meetings on the blueprint for biowaste
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 2 meetings Updating on the biowaste blueprint. 27th October & 8th December |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Barry Quinlan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Outline the opportunities for the composting and anaerobic digestion sector
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting on the Blueprint for Biowaste |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Bill Callanan (Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: to outline the details in the blueprint and the opportunities for the composting and anaerobic digestion sector
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefing on the Blueprint for Biowaste |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Quinlan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To understand the process of how biowaste is treated using this technology of dry digestion
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Visit to the Fife Dry Anaerobic Digestion plant |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Ossian Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Inform the Minister on the Blueprint for Biowaste
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefing on the Blueprint for Biowaste |
2023-05-10
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise Byrne (Deputy Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Inform people on the Blueprint for Biowaste
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefing on the Blueprint for Biowaste |
2022-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Ossian Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To explain the issue of contamination in food waste collection and to show how large scale composting operates. To explain how anaerobic digestion process operates.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Visit to the Envirogrind composting site in Pettigo |
| — | Donegal to show the industrial scale composting process and the level of contamination in food waste. |
2022-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: The focus of the meeting was to explain the key findings of the latest Cré report “The Quantity of Feedstocks Processed in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Plants on the Island of Ireland in 2020” and to discuss the opportunities of use of compost/digestate in peat substitution in the horticultural sector.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Presenting a copy of the new Cre report ‘The Quantity of Feedstocks Processed in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Plants on the Island of Ireland in 2020’ |