Climate and Health Alliance

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: To secure a meeting with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to discuss the matter of air quality and the impact of public health.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Tony Fitzgerald (Councillor), Cork City Council; Dan Boyle (Councillor), Cork City Council; Fergal Dennehy (Councillor), Cork City Council; John Sheehan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Niamh O'Connor (Councillor), Cork City Council; Honore Kamegni (Councillor), Cork City Council; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance and the Climate and Health Alliance Air Quality and Health position paper.::To secure a meeting and support of Jennifer Whitmore TD.::Secure an event in the Oireachtas AV room to launch the air quality and health report. ::Raise awareness of the Alliance's air quality and health report, while securing support for the recommendations included. ::To secure attendance of councillors and TDs at a Cork city launch of the air quality and health report. ::To raise awareness of the health impact of air quality in Cork.::To secure support for regional measures recommended by the Alliance to improve air quality.

Methods: EmailEvent / ReceptionLetterMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance and the Climate and Health Alliance Active Travel paper.::Secure political support for regulations and measures to provide better public transport and active travel infrastructure.::To seek a hearing with the Oireachtas Committee on Transport on the subject of Active Travel and Road Safety.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Kieran O'Hanlon (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Paddy Mahon (CEO), Longford County Council; Feljin Jose (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Janet Horner (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Anthony Connaghan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Daniel Ennis (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Fiona Connelly (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Paddy Monahan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Damien Geoghegan (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; John O'Leary (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Catherine Burke (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Joe Conway (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Pat Fitzgerald (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Joe Kelly (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Cat O'Driscoll (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Keith Connolly (Councillor), Dublin City Council

Intent: To invite and secure the attendance of the Minister of Transport.::To invite and secure the attendance of all members of the Oireachtas.::To raise awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance and secure support for Active Travel policies. ::To meet with TDs and Senators to discuss the Active Travel report.

Methods: EmailEvent / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance's Active Travel report.::To support the introduction of Greenways to facilitate greater levels of active travel.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport

Intent: Raise awareness of the priorities of the Climate and Health Alliance.::Identify areas where the Climate and Health Alliance, the Minister, and his department could work together.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To raise awareness among every county and city councillor for the need to prioritise healthy, sustainable forms of home heating, such as electrified heating and heat pumps, during housing upgrades. ::To raise awareness among city and county councillors of the lobbying taking place by the solid fuel industry in promoting solid fuel heating appliances such as open fireplaces, stoves, and chimneys for housing upgrades.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport

Intent: To raise awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance among the Minister of the Environment.::To secure a meeting with the Minister of the Environment.::To raise awareness of the Minister of the Climate and Health Alliance's ten recommendations for the Government to create for a healthier, more sustainable Ireland

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To urge the incoming government to re-commit to the 2:1 spending ratio of public transport over road spending maintenance.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (Councillor), Roscommon County Council; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise awareness and support for the recommendations included in the Climate and Health Alliance's Programme for Government briefing document.

Methods: Email