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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To highlight and request a fresh look in regards to environmental protection of the proposed development.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Construction of new walking trails and infrastructure within Connemara National Park |
2024-08-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To increase awareness of the unnecessary continued extraction of peat for the retail sector and the damage it causes and has caused on the environment and ask for the reconfiguration of the raised bog NHA network to finalised as it is hindering effective conservation by not being completed.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | RE:Ending the Sale of Peat Based Growing Media & Raised Bog NHA Network Reconfiguration |
2024-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To reduce peat-extraction, lessening emissions to air and water while increasing amount of land available for restoration and biodiversity recovery.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Peat is not needed in the retail sector |
| — | it should be removed from shelves and replaced with peat-free products. |
2023-09-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Increase funding available for restoration of Ireland's peatland habitats, increase the amount of peatland habitat available for restoration and reduce the amount of peat extracted. This will help to reverse biodiversity decline, improve water quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | When can the Minister introduce a Carbon Tax on retail gardening peat-based composts. |
2022-03-09
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To ask Minister what actions are being taken in regards to removing peat from the retail market to remove the pressure of un-regulated peat extraction from the environment.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Peat use within the Horticultural Industry |
2021-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Malcom Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: The Peatland and Climate Change Action Plan 2030 has been published to raise awareness and guide policy makers in the positive role that peatlands play in mitigating climate change and the biodiversity crisis officially announced by the Irish Governemnt in 2019.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Provided copies of IPCC's new publication and Peatlands & Climate Change Action Plan 2030 |
2019-09-06
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Bruton (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: The Minister should create a permit or regulatory system for turbrary so the carbon in the ground is monitored and less un-authorised extraction happens.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Peat Piracy - IPCC have had a number of enquiries from members of the public concerned that peatland |
| — | usually in their ownership |
| — | is being developed for turbrary without their consent. Planning permission is only required if the turf extraction is greater than 1ha |
| — | as most extraction is below this threshold planning departments can not enforce the development. IPCC requested that this be looked into by Minister Bruton as it highlights poor management of the environment and carbon resources. |
2018-09-14
Politician(s) lobbied: Shane Ross (Minister), Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Intent: We would need to see an Environmental Impact Assessment for this bypass in relation to Ardee Bog and see that it gets its due protection.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 12 years ago |
| — | planning was granted for an N52 bypass to receive pressure on the town of Ardee (County Louth) but the funds were not released. To the dismay of the local community and IPCC their was never an Environmental Impact Assessment for the development and how it may affect the local biodiversity and wildlife amenity of Ardee Bog |
| — | which the community does not want to lose. Ardee Bog is the most easterly raised bog in the country and contains unique habitat and archeological history. |
2018-09-14
Politician(s) lobbied: Josepha Madigan (Minister), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Intent: We would need to see more stringent regulation of the horticultural industry from the top down.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A peat producing company contracted by Bord Na Mona illegally widened the drains of Mostrim Bog |
| — | County Longford over the weekend of March 14th |
| — | during the bird nesting season |
| — | a breach of the Wildlife Acts 1976 (Curlew were known to utilise the site). This has happened before (the second time on this site). |
2018-04-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Josepha Madigan (Minister), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Intent: Stop the wind farm being built within protected habitat which could leave Ireland open to monetary fines from the E.U.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Loughderryduff Windfarm - To be developed within a Special Area of Conservation despite the fact there will be a loss of qualifying interest habitat which is against the Conservation Objectives(NPWS) and Habitats Directive. A letter was sent to the NPWS asking how did the wind farm get planning permission within the SAC and Minister Madigan asking for her to stop the development. |