Intent: Priorities for Shine to be considered (and included) in Budget 2025.
Details: . CEO Nicola Byrne sent a letter to the DPOs listed below, outlining Shine’s pre-budget submission priorities for consideration during the budget discussions.
Intent: Ensure awareness of the new skills required in Ireland’s financial services sector and make recommendations
Details: Financial Services Ireland campaign “Financial Services in Ireland – Skills of the Future”
Intent: Ensure awareness of the performance of Ireland's drinks industry for the years 2020 & 2021::Ensure awareness of the impact that Covid-19 has had on the sector
Details: Drinks Ireland Annual Review 2020/21
Intent: Ensure next Agri-Food Strategy 2030 is in line with Ireland's legal obligations and targets under the Paris Agreement, EU Biodiversity Strategy and Farm2Fork Strategy
Details: Agri-food Strategy 2030 as it relates to climate, biodiversity, public participation and forestry
Intent: Ensure Ireland is implementing fast and fair cllimate action and is moving away from environmentally destructive energy sources; ensure voices of civil society are heard in social dialogue processes
Details: Requested updates regarding: carbon budgets and Climate Action Plan; Energy and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas); Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity; civil society participation in social dialogue
Intent: Secure appropriate and timely funding for the ENGO sector
Details: Requested update regarding date of receipt of IEN core funding for 2021
Intent: A balanced and transparent approach to decision-making on the economic reopening timeline, and one which takes a sensitive approach to the social and economic circumstances of the businesses and households::Awareness of the negative effects of a potential curtailment of the reopening of the Experience Economy, in return for ill-defined benefits
Details: Reopening Ireland’s Experience Economy
Intent: Ensure that climate and biodiversity crises are addressed by this Government, underpinned by robust legislation; ensuring communities and individuals throughout the country have a say in critical legislation and national strategies that will that a significant impact on our ability to meet our ambitious climate and biodiversity targets.
Details: Meeting held with Min. Ryan to discuss: Climate Bill; biodiversity concerns in relation to offshore wind energy; Environmental Pillar's serious concerns with the draft Agri-Food Strategy 2030 and its withdrawal from the Committee; public participation with regard to Climate Action Plan
