Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 21 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Briefing for Oireachtas members on data centres

Intended results To ensure members up to speed on data centre impacts and to raise questions for Oireachtas Committee hearing with the Commissions for Regulation of Utilities

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Rosi Leonard

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)

Email with information to Oir Committee members for meeting with CRU

Email (1)

Email from FoE to Deputy Ahern re PMB

Email (1)

email to Deputies Gibney and Murphy re water consumption and report published by UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, published 3rd July 2025

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.

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Clendennen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise O'Cearúil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)