Irish Wildbird Conservancy

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: For the publication of a robust Nature Restoration Plan

Methods: EmailInformal communicationSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To seek publication of robust marine protected area legislation as soon as possible::Invitation to speak at a BirdWatch Ireland branch meeting on Marine Protected Areas

Methods: EmailMeetingSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To raise awareness of our concerns in relation to proposed gutting of LIFE funding::To advocate for increased funding for nature in the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (EU Budget)::To raise awareness about the importance of LIFE funding for BirdWatch Ireland and how it has helped to restore habitats for birds.::To raise concerns about the potential loss of LIFE funding for European organisations

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To provide our views on the proposed Common Agriculture Policy regulation ::To ensure that our concerns regarding inadequate inclusion of environmental actions and funding were reflected

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Ó'Donnchú (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: To seek funding to assist in the development of the BirdWatch Ireland Nature Restoration Plan for birds

Methods: LetterEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Barry Ward (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To raise awareness about the newly identified Important Bird Areas for seabirds in Ireland

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To raise awareness about the lack of scientific evidence to support the removal of strict protection for the Wolf in the Habitats Directive and the inadequate use of resources to support co-existence. Calling on MEPs to oppose the removal of strict protection in a Parliament vote and oppose any other potential amendments threatening the Habitats Directive. The Habitats Directive, combined with the Birds Directive, is a central plank of nature protection in Ireland and the EU.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To raise awareness about the facts relating to European funding for the environment (L'Instrument Financier pour l'Environement or LIFE) including operational grants for EU non-governmental organisations.

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: That Ireland's proposed revised Environmental Impact Assessment regulations in Agriculture are ambitious enough and appropriately implemented and enforced to ensure that hedgerows are retained and landscape features protected on farmland.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To ensure that ambitious environment, climate, biodiversity goals and action remains central to European Union policies and programmes.::To ensure that there's no weakening or delay in implementing the agreed European Union Deforestation Regulation.

Methods: EmailMeeting