Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Lobbying Organisation Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Heritage

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2022-2027

Intended results That the government would strengthen the River Basin Management Plan with SWAN's recommendations for the plan as made in our submission to the public consultation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Antoin Mc Dermott

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? To post photos of their local or favourite water bodies on Twitter or Instagram with text that asked Minister Darragh O'Brien and Minister Malcolm Noonan to make a more ambitious plan with targeted actions to restore ALL our rivers, lakes and coastal waters and to adopt our asks for the RBMP. The Ministers were to be tagged in the posts.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (21-30)

Shares were made of some of the posts that were made in the campaign by supporters and members on SWAN's social media accounts.

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.

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)