The Environmental Forum

Lobbying Organisation The Environmental Forum

Date published 18 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Food and Feed Safety Omnibus

Intended results To ensure the health, water quality and biodiversity concerns were fully taken into account when examining and voting on proposals to amend the regulations.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fintan Kelly Environmental Pillar (of whom we are a member).

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.

Letter (1)

This letter was sent by the Environmental Pillar of whom the TEF is a member and we engaged on the contents of the letter. Amongst other aspects it urged Irish Ministers in their capacity to supporting stricter timelines and conditions to ensure that hazardous substances are removed from use without delay and advocated for a more precautionary and transparent approach within SCoPAFF, in-cluding prioritisation of the most harmful substances for non-renewal;

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Martin Heydon Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)