Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 1)
Women for Election
2024-09-20
Intent: Partnerships with Women for Election and Councils on applying for funding and programmes delivered to encourage more women to become involved with local politics.
Details: Engaging Councils offering support for the Department of Local Governments funding call for councils to encourage participation of women and diverse groups in local government
Officials: Coilín O'Reilly, Eoin Doyle, Ann Doherty, Moira Murrell, John McLaughlin, Richard Shakespeare, Frank Curran, AnnMarie Farrelly, ...
Methods: Emailed each County and City Council offering support for applying for the funding and programme support - Email
Bremore Ireland Port
2024-01-20
Intent: The intended result of the communicationwith the Designated Public Official was toincrease public awareness ofBremore Ireland Port project.
Details: Promotion of Bremore Ireland Port
Officials: Fiona Lawless, Barry Lynch
Methods: Virtual Meeting
ALDI Ireland
2024-01-19
Intent: Raise concerns about impact of delays in planning system on economic activity
Details: Shared copy of ALDI report with invitation to discuss if desired
Officials: Richard Bruton, Seán Haughey, Denise Mitchell, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Cian O'Callaghan, Chris Andrews, Ivana Bacik, Jim O'Callaghan, ...
Methods: Email
Devenish
2023-10-20
Intent: Public awareness that the Government are purchasing the property at Dowth.
Details: On September 29th the Department Housing, Local Government and Heritage held a media event at Dowth to announce their plans to buy the property.
Officials: Darragh O'Brien, Malcolm Noonan, Helen McEntee, Niall Ó'Donnchú, Thomas Byrne, Sharon Tolan, Ciara Shaughnessy, Hannah Hamilton, ...
Methods: On September 29th the Government held a Press Event to announce the purchase of the Lands at Dowth. Local and national media attended. - Event / Reception
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-20
Intent: To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural economy and social viability of rural area.::To highlight that IFA cannot support policies that negatively impact the livelihood of farm families and the economic and social sustainability of rural Ireland.
Details: IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Environmental, Social & Economic Sustainability
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Barry Cowen, Bernard Durkan, Brendan Griffin, Brendan Howlin, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-20
Intent: To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of requirements that farmers must adhere to and is reviewed every four years.The fifth NAP was introduced in 2022::It includes additional measures such as a reduced inorganic fertiliser allowance, longer closed periods for spreading slurry, fertiliser and soiled water and greater adoption of low emission slurry spreading (LESS) equipment. It also outlines the maximum number of animals that can be present on farms based on the amount of nitrogen they excrete in a year.::This is capped at 170kg organic manure nitrogen/ha or in the case of farmers who are granted a nitrate derogation 250kg/N/ha.
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Meeting, Email, Letter, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-19
Intent: To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy measure that do not negatively impact farm family incomes, the rural economy or food production.::To insist that as environmental measure undertaken by farmers are, in many cases, leading to increased costs at farm level, the marketplace must return a higher price to farmers to cover these increased costs of food production.::To focus on how the emissions from food production must be treated differently from emissions from non essential economic activity. There must be sustainable development of our farming and food sector to ensure an adequate supply of food for human nutrition.
Details: IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Balancing Climate Action and Food Production
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Barry Cowen, Bernard Durkan, Brendan Gleeson, Brendan Griffin, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-19
Intent: To seek a meeting with the members of the political parties on the implications of the mid-term review of the Nitrates Action programme agreed with the European Commission.::1. The IFA insist that the Minister must revisit this with the European Commission as this would mean that Ireland would default to a maximum limit under the derogation to 220kg/N/ha down from 250kg/N/ha.::2. This interim review will only be based on comparing water quality between 2021 and 2022. This is flawed since measures coming into place in 2022 and 2023 will NOT have had a chance to improve water quality.::3. The reduction in the nitrate's derogation to 220kg N/ha would have a significant economic impact and could potentially remove €236 million from the rural economy.::4. The prospect of reducing the maximum stocking rate to 220kgN/ha is already having knock-on consequences for all farming sectors. It is increasing the demand for land and is leading to a significant increase in land rental prices. This is
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, Brian Stanley, ...
Methods: Submission, Meeting, Phone call, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-18
Intent: To highlight that the reduction in the nitrates derogation to 220kg N/ha would have a significant economic impact and could potentially remove €236 million from the rural economy.::To point out that IFA estimate that the profit reduction on impacted farms will be between €6,522 and €18,336 depending on how farmers adapt to the reduced limit of 220kg/N/ha (either by acquiring extra land or reducing cow numbers). Across the sector it is estimated that this condition could result in a loss to the rural economy of €236m.::To explain that this impact is already evident in early 2023 as dairy farmers, impacted by nitrogen banding and the prospect of a reduction to 220kgN/ha, seek additional land. Dairy farmers, due to their higher per hectare net margins, are likely to outbid farmers from other sectors in the land market. This is already impacting more vulnerable sectors such as tillage, beef and sheep. This is contrary to Government policy.
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review - Economic Impact
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Submission, Meeting, Phone call, ...
KPMG
2021-05-21
Intent: Promoting zoning of lands for economic mixed-use masterplan development and outer relief road
Details: Draft Meath County Development Plan
Officials: Joe Bonner, Eugene Cassidy, Francis Deane, Sinead Burke, Eimer Ferguson, Sean Drew, Joe Fox, Brian Fitzgerald, ...
Methods: Letter