Natural Capital Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Natural Capital Ireland

Date published 30 Apr, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details NCI Executive Coordinator Deirdre Lane raised Natural Capital approaches with this being Year of Women farmers and NCI research on Gender Equality relating to Natural Resource Governance in Ireland

Intended results Linking of Natural Capital approaches and Natural Capital accounts in the Bio-Economy policy in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Deirdre Lane

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.

Event / Reception (1)

In Tralee on March 28 whist the MEP was speaking at European Wool Day – EWE Foundation NCI spoke to the MEP about awareness raising on advantages of Natural Capital accounting and Natural Capital approached for bioeconomy decision making policies in Ireland and related to wool. researching Gender Equality relating to Natural Resource Governance in Ireland in the future to obtain data which may help in the research material gathering. https://ewe.network/strategic-concept/european-wool-day/

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.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)