Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Ask the Minister for Finance, and opposition parties to consider reintroducing an Irish Air Travel Tax in Budget 2027.
Methods: Email
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Email
Policy submission sent to DPOs via email.
Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Adam Monaghan (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: MEPs attending our roundtable.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Meeting
Roundtable in the European Parliament.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Recommendations were sent to Transport Committee representatives to be considered for inclusion in their pre-legislative scrutiny report.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: To share our briefing on CORSIA to inform the Irish permanent representation
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Secure a meeting with the Minister for State, Thomas Byrne.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Email with Minister for State, Thomas Byrne, regarding securing a meeting.
Meeting
Meeting with Minister for State, Thomas Byrne on the EU ETS review, and Ireland's presidency of the EU.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Meeting with Ciaran Ahern TD, and member of the JOC on Climate, on our research into aviation taxation and carbon pricing.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Emails sharing our research and scheduling a meeting with Deputy Ahern.
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Ahern.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Invitation to attend an event we are organising at the European Parliament in advance of the review of ETS, co-hosted by MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú on June 4th in Brussels.
Methods: Email
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Email
Asking senior Irish politicians to attend a roundtable event Opportunity Green are organising with MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú on aviation decarbonisation, and EU ETS in Brussels
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026
Methods: EmailMeetingSubmission
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Email
Emails to JOC on transport clerk and chair regarding Opportunity Green presenting to the Committee on the draft legislation.
Email
Emails to JOC on transport committee members sharing our submission and our request to appear before the Committee.
Meeting
Presentation to the JOC on transport, https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_transport/2026-04-15/
Submission
Submission made to the JOC on transport to it's call for submission https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/making-a-submission/public-consultations/20260219-public-consultation-on-dublin-airport-passenger-cap-bill-2026/
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: A hearing at the Joint Oireachtas Committee for EU Affairs regarding our publication on the Emission Trading Scheme and some recommendations to Ireland for the upcoming revision of the ETS.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Email to the Chair of the JOC on EU Affairs seeking a hearing on the upcoming legislative review of the EU ETS.
Meeting
Meeting/Hearing with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on EU Affairs on the EU ETS.
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Meeting with Irish MEPs sitting on environmental, and transport committee at the EU parliament
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Looking for in-person meetings in Brussels with MEPs.
Meeting
Meeting with MEP Cynthia Ní Mhuchú on the Emissions Trading Scheme
Meeting
Meeting with MEP Lynn Boylan on Emissions Trading Scheme
