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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Matthew Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Gráinne Weld (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Finance; Timmy Dooley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To recommend potential initiatives and priorities for inclusion in the next Programme for Government that would support the delivery of ESB's Net Zero Emissions Strategy by 2040.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with political parties involved in government formation talks setting out ESB's Strategy and highlighting areas for consideration as part of their discussions. |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Róisín Garvey (Senator), Seanad; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Planning for small scale energy projects should be addressed at a local authority level which would be applied by implementing regulations on enactment of the Planning & Development Bill 2023.
Methods: Meeting, Phone call, Email, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Support sought from members of the Oireachtas Housing Committee (Stephen Matthews TD Chair) on the need for regulations to be applied on enactment of the Planning & Development Bill to facilitate streamlined planning for small scale renewable and generation projects and support the delivery of more carbon neutral energy systems. This matter also arose in separate meetings with Minister E Ryan and Minister D O’Brien. |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Policy changes that would enable the Marine Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) to accept applications for consideration in relation to R&D projects off the West Coast of Ireland in the absence of a DMAP.
Methods: Email, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Engagement seeking ministerial support with regard to implementing policy changes to enable deployment of Research and Development projects on Ireland's West Coast |
| — | in advance of a Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) being available. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Providing ESB perspectives on the draft framework for offshore wind.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Minister |
| — | Eamonn Ryan |
| — | sought perspectives of the draft Future Framework being developed for offshore wind. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Matthew Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: To brief the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications on ESB progress on offshore wind development and input into policy developments.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion around ESB offshore wind development progress and views on offshore wind policy. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Dillon (Special Adviser), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Planning for small scale energy projects should be addressed at a local authority level which could be applied by implementing regulations on enactment of the Planning and Development Bill 2023.
Methods: Phone call, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To discuss a proposal for regulations to be applied on enactment of the Planning and Development Bill to facilitate streamlined planning for small scale renewable and generation projects and support the delivery of more carbon neutral energy systems. |
2024-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That the Deputy would be informed of the need to enable this means of using existing infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of new low carbon generating technologies
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Energy Market Developments including the need to facilitate ESB offshore wind projects via enabling the use of hybrid connections from existing thermal power stations to facilitate the transfer of offshore wind energy into the grid. |
2024-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: The establishment of a clear policy framework for the use of decommissioned reservoirs at Kinsale gas field as an energy storage facility for Ireland.
Methods: Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The need for policies that would enable the Kestrel Energy Storage Project (with ESB’s project partners) to be assessed as a possible location for Methane and ultimately Hydrogen gas storage at scale in Ireland. |
2024-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: That Mr Kenny would understand ESB's interest in enabling southern and western coast fixed and floating offshore wind opportunities sooner.
Methods: Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The need for a speedy approach to enabling offshore wind on not just the east coast but also the south and west coasts |
2023-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Orlaigh Quinn (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Seek DETE’s support to amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 to enable ESB Networks contractors to source additional resources where they are unable to source them from within the EEA to support us in our journey to Net Zero
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Skilled workers from non-EEA countries are required to augment existing skilled resources needed to achieve Ireland's and ESB Group's decarbonisation targets through to 2030 and beyond. |
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