Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 4)
Family Carers Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Details: Seanad Elections 2025
Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Cooney, Donna McGettigan, William O'Leary, Úna McCarthy, Trish Murphy, Tony O'Shea, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Fiona Hartigan - Email, Peter Cox to all members of Cork COCO & Cork City Council - Email, To Cork area councilors - Phone call, ...
Cork Simon Community
2025-01-21
Intent: A better understanding of the EU's role in tackling the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland.
Details: Invite to morning roundtable discussion with some of Ireland's newly elected MEPs to explore the EU's role in tackling the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland.
Officials: John Daniel Maher, Joe Kavanagh, Margaret McDonnell, Ted Tynan, Oliver Moran, Tony Fitzgerald, Damian Boylan, John Sheehan, ...
Methods: Invite to attend as a guest at a roundtable discussion event. - Email
Ibec
2024-05-21
Intent: Raise awareness on Drinks Ireland 2024 priorities to be covered at event
Details: Briefing comms on Drinks Ireland event
Officials: David Stanton, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Michael Collins, Micheál Martin, Simon Coveney, Michael McGrath, Holly Cairns, ...
Methods: Email
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-18
Intent: To voice anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. CAP funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade deal being pushed by the European Commission has the capacity to devastate, in particular, the Irish beef sector. Europe is placing a
Details: Cork County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Social Media, Email, ...
NBI Infrastructure DAC
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2024-05-10
Intent: Providing details re the progress and challenges associated with the delivery of the NBP Project.
Details: Engagement and information sharing regarding the delivery of broadband infrastructure as part of the National Broadband Plan.
Officials: Liam Madden, Kay Dawson, Ossian Smyth, Thomas Byrne, Paul McCabe, Norma Moriarty, Patrick Connor-Scarteen
Methods: Note: this is over multiple meetings and not all NBI officials or Designated Public Officials were present at the same time. - Meeting
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-09-18
Intent: To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced measures::2018 - 50% Slurry by 15 June and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)::2020 - Training in Nutrient Use Efficiency, Sustainable farming, Grassland Management/Budget.::2021 - Farm roadway camber away from water, Exclude cattle 1.5m from watercourse, water troughs 20m from watercourse.::2022 - 10% cut in chemical N, Soiled water closed period, Slurry spread by 8th October, Tillage green cover, Plough Grassland only between 1st March and 31st May, Increased inspections - 10%.::2023 - Soiled Water closed period - 21 days, All slurry spread by 1st October, N excretion rate based on Milk Yield, Chemical N purchases register.::2024 - Soiled Water closed period - December::To highlight how the 2 year review will im
Details: Nitrates Derogation - Maintaining the derogation at 250kg N/ha
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Amii McKeever, Ann Marie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Barry Andrews, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Event / Reception, Informal communication, ...
IRISH COURSING CLUB
2023-05-05
Intent: To inform recipients about regulated coursing
Details: To inform recipients about regulated coursing
Officials: Alan Coleman, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, Caroline Cronin, ...
Methods: Email
Vulcan Consulting Limited
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2022-05-20
Intent: To introduce Bolt and inquire about eBike pilot schemes in local authorities
Details: eBike services in Ireland
Officials: Seán Sherlock, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Simon Coveney, Micheál Martin, Michael Creed, Michael McGrath, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, ...
Methods: Email, Phone call, Event / Reception, ...
IRD Duhallow
2022-05-20
Intent: to reverse this proposal and retain the Housing designation if possible or at least change to Community Designation for the portion of the field in our control.
Details: The Cork County Development plan has the field immediately in front of the James O Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, designated for Housing but the Draft Plan has proposed it as Agriculture. The Board therefore is asking for your support to reverse this proposal and retain the Housing designation if poss, ...
Officials: Anthony Barry, Joe Carroll, Marcia D'Alton, Kay Dawson, Paul Hayes, Michael Hegarty, Declan Hurley, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Email
Wind Energy Ireland
2022-05-19
Intent: The Government should set up an independently chaired task-force to identify the policies needed to significantly reduce the price of renewable electricity::Support for the policy recommendations set out in the Wind Energy Ireland report Saving Money
Details: Cost of renewable electricity
Officials: Eamon Ryan, Leo Varadkar, Paul Kenny, Sarah O'Neill, Matthew Lynch, Matthew Collins, John Paul O'Shea, Eileen Lynch, ...
Methods: Including meeting with Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action - Meeting, Virtual Meeting, Email