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2025-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Healy-Rae (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Jackie Healy-Rae (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Attendance by Minister Michael Healy-Rae TD and to deliver the opening address at the Irish Bioenergy Association Wood Fuel Quality Assurance Scheme AGM and Wood Fuel Conference 2025.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email invitation to Minister Michael Healy-Rae TD to deliver the opening address at the Irish Bioenergy Association Wood Fuel Quality Assurance Scheme AGM and Wood Fuel Conference 2025. |
2025-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Siobhan McHugh Ryan (Councillor), Galway County Council
Intent: To brief the minister on the IrBEA small biogas demonstration EIP project outcomes including policy, practical and technical learnings from the project and to lobby the Minister for the introduction of a minimum 50% capital grant from the Government for the development of this size and scale of farm-scale biogas facility on Irish farms to improve farm incomes and also to reduce farm emissions.
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Visit by Minister Martin Heydon T.D. and other elected representatives to view the farm-scale biogas plant |
| — | developed on an organic dairy farm at Dunmore Co. Galway. This farm-scale biogas plant was developed as a demonstration plant under the recently completed Irish Bioenergy Association |
| — | Small Scale Biogas Demonstration Biogas EIP Project (SBDP). The demonstration plant was developed through the SBDP which was funded by the DAFM European Innovation Partnership Programme. |
2025-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Carroll (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Intent: To discuss concerns from biomethane developers and plant operators on some fundamental items within the biomethane sustainability charter and propose solutions to these items.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with the DCEE official to discuss the key elements of the Government's biomethane sustainability charter. |
2025-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Lobbied TD's and Senators on the main items required to mobilise the biomethane sector in Ireland including: 1.A Government statement reaffirming its commitment to biomethane strategy. 2.The immediate publication of the full design of the RHO scheme.3.Government removes all eligibility in existing and new obligation schemes for fraudulent imported (Non EU produced) liquid biofuels. 4.Extends the deadline and commit to funding the 18 project under the capital grant scheme.
Methods: Lobby day
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefing for political representatives in Buswell's Hotel |
| — | Dublin on the biomethane sector and the policy / support requirements for the mobilisation of the sector. |
2025-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Intent: Lobbied Deputy Alan Dillon T.D. for the immediate publication, by his department, of the Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) scheme details as a mechanism to develop the biomethane and bioenergy sectors in Ireland.
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefed Deputy Alan Dillon TD on the needs of the biomethane industry and requirements for the mobilisation of the sector including the needs for the immediate publication by the Government |
| — | of the Renewable heat Obligation (RHO) scheme deatils |
| — | as a key driver for the development of the sector. |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Transport
Intent: Secure a meeting with the policy advisor to discuss the policy and supports required to mobilise the Irish biomethane industry
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting request to Minister O'Brien's policy advisor to discuss the policy and supports required to mobilise the Irish biomethane industry |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Carroll (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To highlight the need for swift implementation of the Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme as a mechanism to develop the Irish biomethane industry and to present IrBEA analysis on the levels of multipliers required to support indigenously biomethane production under the RHO.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with the Assistant Secretary General Brian Carroll on the proposed Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme and presented IrBEA analysis to assist the Department in their consideration of the proposed levels of multipliers required to support indigenous biomethane production under the RHO. |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Lobbied Minister Peter Burke T.D. for increased recognition for solid biomass in industrial heat decarbonisation policy, which falls under the remit of his department. Highlighted the need for swift Government action to tackle the challenge associated with non EU sourced fraudulent biofuels and bioliquid feedstocks coming into Ireland mostly from China, Indonesia and Malaysia which is impacting Irish biofuel and biomethane producers.
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Presented Minister Peter Burke T.D. with a copy of the recently published IrBEA Solid Biomass Capacity Statement and highlighted the need for swift Government action to tackle the challenge associated with non EU sourced fraudulent biofuels and bioliquid feedstocks coming into Ireland mostly from China |
| — | Indonesia and Malaysia which is having a detrimental and negative impact on the businesses of Irish biofuel and biomethane producers. |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Carroll (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To secure a meeting with officials at the most senior level in DECC to discuss design parameters for the proposed Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) scheme.
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussed with the Assistant Secretary General the high-level detail of the proposed Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme and the willingness of IrBEA and its members to assist the Department and provide analysis on the proposed levels of multipliers required to support indigenous biomethane production under the RHO. |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To seek a meeting with the DECC and re-emphasise the biomethane industries grave concerns regarding the current direction and speed of implementation of the proposed Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) scheme, which will fail to achieve one of its fundamental objective of supporting the development of an indigenous biomethane sector in Ireland if the issue of imported biomethane and bioliquids fulfilling the obligation is not addressed in the RHO scheme design.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Issued follow-up letter to the Secretary General of DECC to the original IrBEA letter which was co signed by industry and sent in December 2024 to highlighted concerns about imported bioliquids and biomethane fuels under the proposed Renewable Heat Obligation. |
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