Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Support for the Microgeneration Bill.

Intended results that the microgeneration bill would pass the second stage of Dail debate, and would be supported by a majority of TD's

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kate Ruddock

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We asked our supporters via email to ask their TD to support the Microgeneration Bill.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs I sent an email to all TD's asking them to support the microgeneraion bill. I also sent them an email following the passing of the microgeneration bill to let them know about a competition 'solar schools' which is related to microgeneration, and asked them to vote for their favourite school.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (2-5)

I contacted Brian Stanley TD and his staff to talk about how we could support the microgeneration bill. I contacted Sean Kelly MEP to discuss what he could do to support the microgeneration bill.

Social Media (6-10)

I sent messages on social media related to the microgeneration bill, and during the dail debate I sent messages on social media quoting various TD's.

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.

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)