Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Sinead McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Attandance & awarness at our event in Maynooth on 19th November 2026 & food sovernigty
Methods: Event / Reception
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We spoke with Martin Heydon, Timmy Dooley & Sinead McPhillips during the event & out line Talamh Beo position on Food sovernity and invited them to our event in November.
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Secretary General Sinead McPhillips attend Talamh Beos event, 'Farming for the Future: Ireland, Europe and Agroecology' in maynooth 19th November 2026
Methods: Email
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Email
Response due to other diary commenments unable to attend
Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Suport & reconition for Local Food
Methods: Email
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we shared Talamh Beo work & extensive research on the area of Local Food Production - identifying a large cohort of farmers who are not supported effectively or even recognised appropriately in government policy frameworks. This is particularly true of small scale horticulture producers.
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: We are writing to you as the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council approaches to ask forIreland’s support in the renewal of the mandate for the UN Working Group of Experts on UNDROP.
Methods: Email
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we urge your Government to make human rightsand land justice in rural areas a foreign policy priority—including for Palestinian producers facingsystemic violations in the West Bank—by defending and renewing the UNDROP mandate.
Politician(s) lobbied: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Ammendments to the CAP as follows: 10 core asks and then, more importantly, made a list of 16 areas we are proposing changes to the CAP articles, and a further 4 changes to the recitals.
Methods: Email
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We sent our CAP asks to Irish MEPs & europeen Groupings The Greens/EFA, Andrzej nowakowskThe Left, damien thomsonRenew Europe, kristin moutschen, Katerina BoucherEPP, Alwyn StrangeS&D, Cristina Martínez Pérez, Maria Rosa Montanella Doria Lamba, Evangelia Sali
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Stop the current proposal for the deregulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs/New GMOs)
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Bill Callanan (Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: 'Further conversations Supports for local food production & reconionition for local food producers'
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
IEN pillar meeting 22nd January 2026 in Co Carlow, with Min. Heydon and officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Secretary General Sinead McPhillips attend Talamh Beos event, 'Farming for the Future: Ireland, Europe and Agroecology' in maynooth 19th November 2026
Methods: Email
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Email
Response due to other diary commenments unable to attend
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Talamh Beo's representation on the CAP Consultative Committee.
Methods: Email
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Request was denined on 23rd March 2026
