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Politician(s) lobbied: Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Paul Bolger (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Matt Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Brian Carroll (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Naoise Ó Muirí (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; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (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

Intent: Request to meet to introduce Enel X and to discuss demand response in Ireland.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; John Conlon (Chairman), The Office of Public Works; Joanne Lonergan (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To raise awareness about Explorium and to seek its consideration as part of future decision-making on the delivery of a national science centre.

Methods: EmailInformal communicationMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Secure meeting to discuss HSE fertility policy and plans to develop a National AdvancedAHR Centre in Cork.

Methods: Informal communicationPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Engagement following the publication of the C&AG Report on the development of a proposed national science centre and to request that the OPW engage with Explorium.

Methods: EmailLetterMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Secure meeting to discuss HSE fertility policy and plans to develop a National Advanced AHR Centre in Cork.

Methods: EmailInformal communicationPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: John Conlon (Chairman), The Office of Public Works

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium’s strong visitor numbers and to share a proposal for consideration by the OPW.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium's successful visitor numbers in one year since reopening, new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and to highlight Explorium's potential as a national resource.

Methods: EmailInformal communicationMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Joanne Lonergan (Programme Manager - Tánaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Max Murphy (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Pauric McPhillips (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Clare Mungovan (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium’s visitor numbers in its first year of reopening, outline new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and highlight Explorium’s potential as a national resource.

Methods: Informal communicationLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Daniel O’Neill (Special Adviser), The Office of Public Works

Intent: Follow-up on Explorium's request to meet with the Minister for OPW.

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium’s visitor numbers in its first year of reopening, outline new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and highlight Explorium’s potential as a national resource.

Methods: Meeting