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Total Lobbying Efforts: 191

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2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved provisions of Industrial Development Bill 2025 re climate and sustainability
Methods: Email
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Industrial Development Bill 2025
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Padraig McEvoy (Councillor), Kildare County Council
Intent: Highlighting risks posed by data centres and AI expansion.
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
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Providing Information on Data Centres & AI
2025-09-19
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: Energy development in accordance with climate law
Methods: Meeting, Email
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Recommendations on energy
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Reconsideration of Government approach regarding energy security and LNG
Methods: Email
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LNG and Energy Security
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To secure a meeting with minister to discuss Energy Poverty Action Plan & Energy Affordability Taskforce.::Clarification sought on status of Energy Poverty Action Plan
Methods: Letter, Email
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Advocacy on Energy Poverty Action Plan
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Intent: Clarity on status of Ireland's Social Climate Plan
Methods: Letter, Email
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Advocacy on Social Climate Plan
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Inform TDs re failings in social housing and need for improved policy and investment re retrofitting of social housing
Methods: Email
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Invite to Photo Exhibition on Social Housing Conditions
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (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; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Sought for the Housing Committee to prioritise sessions on implementing minimum BER standards in private rental housing from 2025, including timeline, enforcement and tenant protections against renovictions, and on scaling up local authority and AHB retrofit programmes with multi-annual funding and a focus on worst-performing stock, to ensure climate targets are met while protecting tenants and reducing energy poverty.
Methods: Email, Meeting
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Input into Housing Committee Work Programme
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Pamela Kearns (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Trevor Gilligan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Brian Lawlor (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Britto Pereppadan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Caroline Brady (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Darragh Adelaide (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; David McManus (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Dean Donnelly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Dermot Richardson (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Emma Murphy (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Eoin Ó Broin (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Francis Timmons (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Glen Moore (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Helen Farrell (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Jess Spear (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Joanna Tuffy (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Justin Sinnott (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Kay Keane (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Linda de Courcy (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Liona O'Toole (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Louise Dunne (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Lynn McCrave (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Madeleine Johansson (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Mick Duff (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Niamh Fennell (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Niamh Whelan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Paddy Cosgrave (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Baby Pereppadan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Patrick Pearse Holohan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Róisín Mannion (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Ronan McMahon (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Sarah Barnes (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Shirley O'Hara (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Alan Hayes (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; William Joseph Carey (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Yvonne Collins (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Adam Smyth (Councillor), South Dublin County Council
Intent: The passing of a motion in South Dublin County Council that called on the Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy to introduce a national moratorium on data centres.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Phone call, Informal communication
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Advocacy on Data Centre Moratorium Motion in South Dublin County Council
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Adrienne Wallace (Councillor), Carlow County Council; Andrea Dalton (Councillor), Carlow County Council; Noel Connell (Councillor), Cavan County Council; Joe Garrihy (Councillor), Clare County Council; Isobel Towse (Councillor), Cork County Council; Alan Coleman (Councillor), Cork County Council; Eoghan Fahy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Dakota Nic Mheanman (Councillor), Donegal County Council; Angela Donnelly (Councillor), Fingal County Council; John Walsh (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Dean Mulligan (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Paul Mulville (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Corina Johnston (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Brendan Ryan (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Malachy Quinn (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu (Councillor), Galway City Council; Niall McNelis (Councillor), Galway City Council; Alan Curran (Councillor), Galway City Council; Declan McDonnell (Councillor), Galway City Council; Dermot Connolly (Councillor), Galway County Council; Deirdre Ferris (Councillor), Kerry County Council; Chris Pender (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Bill Clear (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Padraig McEvoy (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Peter Melrose (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Angela Feeney (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Claire O'Rourke (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Nuala Killeen (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Marie Tuohy (Councillor), Laois County Council; Padraig Fallon (Councillor), Leitrim County Council; Michelle Hall (Councillor), Louth County council; Sean Hartigan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Sionainn McCann (Councillor), Louth County council; Fiona Mhic Conchoille (Councillor), Louth County council; Ursula Gavan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Shane Hickey-O’Mara (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Stephanie Doheny (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Seán Ó hArgáin (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Maria Dollard (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Peter Flynn (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Ronan Moore (Councillor), Meath County Council; Seán Conlon (Councillor), Monaghan County Council; Aoife Masterson (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Larry Brennan (Councillor), Roscommon County Council; Gino O'Boyle (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Eoin Ó Broin (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Niamh Whelan (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Pamela Kearns (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Róisín Mannion (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Jess Spear (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Annemarie 'Shiner' Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Louise Morgan Walsh (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Richie Molloy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Mary Roche (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Thomas Phelan (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Catherine Burke (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Denis Leonard (Councillor), Westmeath County Council; Leonard Kelly (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Aoife Rose O'Brien (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Tom Forde (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Lourda Scott (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Conor Reddy (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Mary Callaghan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Ray Cunningham (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Michael Pidgeon (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Hazel De Nortuin (Councillor), Dublin City Council; John Lyons (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Jesslyn Henry (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Claire Byrne (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Hazel Chu (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Pat Dunne (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Cat O'Driscoll (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Feljin Jose (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Janice Boylan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Nial Ring (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Janet Horner (Councillor), Dublin City Council
Intent: Requesting a motion put forward by councillors requesting additional, multi-annual funding for retrofitting of local authority homes from the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage
Methods: Email
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Motion on Various Councils on Local Authority Energy Efficiency Programme