Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 20 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Waste Reduction Bill

Intended results Pass the Waste Reduction Bill

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Oisin Coghlan

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Naughten 3 July

Social Media (11-20)

Tweets about the Waste Reduction Bill to Minister Naughten demonstrating a Cup Deposit Return Scheme in action at Electric Picnic Festival.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Eamon Ryan on the waste reduction bill

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.

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)