Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Motion on Various Councils on Local Authority Energy Efficiency Programme

Intended results Requesting a motion put forward by councillors requesting additional, multi-annual funding for retrofitting of local authority homes from the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aaron Downey

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? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Emailed city and county councillors requesting they put forward motion at their next council meeting requesting additional, multi-annual funding for the local authority retrofit programme.

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.

Adrienne Wallace Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Andrea Dalton Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Noel Connell Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Joe Garrihy Councillor (Clare County Council)

Isobel Towse Councillor (Cork County Council)

Alan Coleman Councillor (Cork County Council)

Eoghan Fahy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Dakota Nic Mheanman Councillor (Donegal County Council)

Angela Donnelly Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Walsh Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Dean Mulligan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Paul Mulville Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Corina Johnston Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Brendan Ryan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Malachy Quinn Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu Councillor (Galway City Council)

Niall McNelis Councillor (Galway City Council)

Alan Curran Councillor (Galway City Council)

Declan McDonnell Councillor (Galway City Council)

Dermot Connolly Councillor (Galway County Council)

Deirdre Ferris Councillor (Kerry County Council)

Chris Pender Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bill Clear Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Padraig McEvoy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peter Melrose Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Angela Feeney Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Claire O'Rourke Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Nuala Killeen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Marie Tuohy Councillor (Laois County Council)

Padraig Fallon Councillor (Leitrim County Council)

Michelle Hall Councillor (Louth County council)

Sean Hartigan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sionainn McCann Councillor (Louth County council)

Fiona Mhic Conchoille Councillor (Louth County council)

Ursula Gavan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Shane Hickey-O’Mara Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Stephanie Doheny Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Seán Ó hArgáin Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Maria Dollard Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Peter Flynn Councillor (Mayo County Council)

Ronan Moore Councillor (Meath County Council)

Seán Conlon Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Aoife Masterson Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Larry Brennan Councillor (Roscommon County Council)

Gino O'Boyle Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Eoin Ó Broin Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Niamh Whelan Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Pamela Kearns Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Róisín Mannion Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Jess Spear Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Annemarie "Shiner" Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Louise Morgan Walsh Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Richie Molloy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Mary Roche Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Thomas Phelan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Catherine Burke Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Denis Leonard Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Leonard Kelly Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Aoife Rose O'Brien Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Tom Forde Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Lourda Scott Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Conor Reddy Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Mary Callaghan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Ray Cunningham Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Michael Pidgeon Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Hazel De Nortuin Councillor (Dublin City Council)

John Lyons Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Jesslyn Henry Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Claire Byrne Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Hazel Chu Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Pat Dunne Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Cat O'Driscoll Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Feljin Jose Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Janice Boylan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Nial Ring Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Janet Horner Councillor (Dublin City Council)