Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Lobbying regarding the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Intended results To ensure the results of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action produced a set of recommendations at least as strong as the recommendations from the citizens assembly.

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

Informal communication (6-10)

information communications with Fianna Fail TD's at the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis 23/02/2019.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Bruton 21/03/2019

Informal communication (2-5)

Informal communications with Hildegarde Naughton, Eamon Ryan and TImmy Dooley at Irish Wind Energy Association conference 13/03/2019

Social Media (11-20)

Social media (facebook and twitter) related to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action report and recommendations.

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)