ENERGY CLOUD Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)

Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Engagement with all Oireachtas members on these reports and one to one meetings with various deputies and senators

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Brian Carroll (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Update on the delivery of the commitment in the Programme for Government to use surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to help those in energy poverty

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad

Intent: That the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in conjunction with the Minister for Social Protection announce that as a Government, wasted renewable energy is no longer acceptable and that we, as a country, want to try and use surplus renewable energy to help those in energy poverty and only dispatch down (or waste) as a last resort.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Request of the Minister to announce a strategy to begin using surplus renewable energy to help those in energy poverty

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad

Intent: That the committee would write to the Minister for Climate Energy and the Environment and ask him to announce that the Government will immediately begin to use surplus renewable energy to help those in energy poverty, as per the commitment in the programme for government.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Engagement with all Oireachtas members on these reports and one to one meetings with various deputies and senators

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad

Intent: That the committee would write to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage asking that he announce that all new builds and retrofits should have smart/demand flexible devices fitted. And that the Committee write to the Minister for Climate Energy and the Environment and asking him to announce that the Government will immediately begin to use surplus renewable energy to help those in energy poverty, as per the commitment in the programme for government.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Engagement with all Oireachtas members on the recommendations in the NESC report and one to one meetings with various deputies and senators arising from this report

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Launch of Project between EnergyCloud Ireland, Amazon and Co-operative Housing Ireland whereby homes will be equipped with an EnergyCloud enabled smart device to allow them to benefit from free tanks of hot water, from surplus renewable energy.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Rebecca Loughry (Director of Services or Equivalent), Cork City Council; Dan Boyle (Councillor), Cork City Council; Joe Kavanagh (Councillor), Cork City Council; Jack White (Councillor), Cork County Council

Intent: To raise awareness of EnergyCloud Ireland's initiative in Cork and to highlight the support available from EnergyCloud Ireland to families in energy poverty across Cork in conjunction with Cork City Council and Age Friendly Ireland.

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