Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To impress upon the Minister the importance of taking into account the pressures on water in the upcoming RBMP
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To highlight that the WFD is fit for purpose and must not be revised/deregulated or simplified as this directive is key to having any sustained improvements in the health of our waterways and preventing further deterioration. The letter further highlighted that we need to focus resources on implementation of our plans instead of revising them.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To highlight the need for implementation of our environmental directives - not deregulation/simplification. Link the need for a robust WFD for the Water Resilience Strategy to work. Highlight the major pressures in Ireland that would become exacerbated with deregulation.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To impress upon the Minister of the need to progress the marine Protected Area legislation as soon as possible
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Update on MPA legislation encouraging urgency to get published.
Methods: Informal communication
Details by Method
Informal communication
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Politician(s) lobbied: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: To make environmental amendments in PECH Committee::To raise Irish MPA legislation with colleagues::To support conservation through Ocean Act
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: SWAN to get to present at an Aquaculture session the Joint Oireachtas Committee for the Marine
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Hannah Hamilton (Special Adviser), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Meeting request to discuss progress on the RBMP
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Meeting request to discuss progress on the RBMP
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Briefing the minister on impacts of aquaculture
Methods: Email
