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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Support for the reinforcement of Ireland's electricity grid and particularly the projects proposed in EirGrid's Shaping Our Electricity Future strategy.::Support for the delivery of the North-South Interconnector.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Development of the electricity grid |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Matthew Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: MEPs to advocate to ensure that Ireland receives a decision on State aid approval in 2025 to continue running the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) for onshore and offshore wind projects beyond 2025.::Oireachtas members to support changes to future onshore RESS auctions including extending the contract to 20 years; applying full indexation; lifting the price cap and including constraints under 'Unrealised Available Energy Consumption'.::Ensuring the ORESS 2.1 auction takes place in the first half of 2025.
Methods: Phone call, Informal communication, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Renewable Electricity Support Scheme |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: Clarity in the Bill on the division of responsibility between the MAIU and the Health & Safety Authority.::The insertion of a definition of 'guard vessels' in Irish law.::Clarity in the Bill on the treatment in law of a vessel carrying 12 or fewer industrial personnel if it is not legally defined as an offshore service vessels but which is carrying out, or transporting personnel who are carrying out, offshore industrial activities.::Reference to specific training requirements and training standards for the offshore wind industry.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024 |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Matthew Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Support for the approval by the Oireachtas of the Designated Maritime AreaPlan for ORE off the south coast of Ireland.::Support for the development of future Designated Maritime Area Plans beyond the one proposed for the south coast.
Methods: Meeting, Phone call, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Offshore renewable energy |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Support the implementation of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III at national level.::Support the implementation of new EU rules for wind energy permitting.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Third Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Matthew Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; David Healy (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Establishment of an industry-Government task-force to reduce dispatch down of renewable energy generators.::Acceleration of the delivery of grid infrastructure projects.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Dispatch down and the need to accelerate the delivery of grid infrastructure |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Transport; David Healy (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Engagement between industry, the Department of Transport, the MSO and the Coast Guard in advance of publication of the guidance to ensure it is robust, that it ensures the safe development and operation of offshore wind energy projects and that it facilitates the development of offshore renewable energy.
Methods: Letter, Email, Phone call, Informal communication, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Guidance for Navigational Practice |
| — | Safety & Emergency Response for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Installations |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; David Healy (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Matthew Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Matthew Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Paul Hogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Align County Development Plans with national policy for onshore wind energy to ensure that national and European climate objectives are prioritised.
Methods: Phone call, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Onshore wind energy |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Timmy Dooley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Kevin Dillon (Special Advisor), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Diarmuid Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Sam Griffin (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matthew Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Brian Keegan (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Inclusion in the Programme for Government of key priorities for the wind energy sector as set out in Wind Energy Ireland's General Election manifesto, available online here: https://windenergyireland.com/images/files/wind-energy-ireland-general-election-manifesto-november-2024.pdf
Methods: Email, Informal communication, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Programme for Government |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Paul Kenny (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Publication of the price cap for RESS 4 in advance of the auction and to ensure the cap is set at a level that best facilitates the development of the maximum volume of onshore wind energy.
Methods: Meeting, Phone call, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Renewable Electricity Support Scheme. |
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