Environmental Pillar

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Ensure appropriate levels of funding are allocated in 2027 for the environment, including nature restoration and protection; climate action; public transportation and the circular economy. Discuss multi-annual funding mechanism to support the environmental NGO sector in a sustainable way that would drive efficiency and impactful expenditure. ::Meetings with relevant Ministers

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Requested meeting to discuss enhanced form of social dialogue among civil society stakeholders.

Methods: Informal communicationLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Ensure Ireland has in place effective, robust Marine Protected Areas legislation

Methods: Informal communicationMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To positively influence the social and environmental sustainability of the Common Agricultural Policy Post 2027

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: That Irish MEPs within the European Parliaments AGRI Committee table progressive environmental amendments to the AGRI Committee report on the post-2027 CAP

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: That the Irish government does not support the weakening of pesticide regulation within the EU's Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus proposal

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Jessika Roswall (Commissioner), European Parliament

Intent: Highlight the risks of de-regulation in relation to the Water Framework Directive and Birds and Habitats Directives; discuss the importance of the EU Circular Economy Regulation in relation to furthering its ambition beyond recycling into reducing waste; ensure that appropriate levels of funding are allocated to nature restoration; ensure CAP and MFF are aligned with EU climate and biodiversity targets.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Develop enhanced framework and structure for social dialogue to discuss interlinked societal, economic and environmental challenges.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: Ensure that the issue of fossil fuel profit taxation is discussed at the September Ecofin meeting, taking place in Ireland as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of Europe.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport

Intent: Retention of the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap

Methods: Letter