Fair Seas Ireland (Fair Seas Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Fair Seas Ireland

Date published 18 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Fair Seas presented to the Oireachtas in the Dáil AV room to highlight the need to progress MPA legislation and present results of our online petition

Intended results To gain popular support for Fair Seas key asks for the forthcoming MPA legislation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donal Griffin, Aoife O'Mahony

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? An online petition. We asked the public to add their names to a call on the Minister and Irish Government to enact a strong and ambitious MPA law without delay. After gathering signatures on our petition for 4 weeks, we then met with Minister Noonan and other TDs and Senators at our Dáil AV room event to showcase the broad support for this important legislation.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Inviting them to attend the Fair Seas AV room event

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Dáil AV room briefing.

Meeting (1)

Immediately prior to the Dáil AV room briefing we met with Minister Noonan to 'deliver' the signatures of the petition

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Violet Anne Wynne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rebecca Moynihan Senator (Seanad)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)