Hometree CLG (Hometree CLG)

Lobbying Organisation Hometree CLG

Date published 29 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Site visit to Hometree's headquarters, nursery and woodlands in June 2026, at which Hometree presented its work on upland native woodland restoration. Followed in August 2026 by a request for the Minister's public support for the Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project.

Intended results That Hometree be represented on the Forest Strategy Consultative Committee, and that the Minister recognise and support landscape-scale native woodland restoration in the western uplands, including the Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project, as a contribution to national woodland creation and restoration targets. That Hometree be represented on the Forest Strategy Consultative Committee, and that the Minister recognise and support landscape-scale native woodland restoration in the western uplands, including the Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project, as a contribution to national woodland creation and restoration targets.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Marina Conway

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)

Site visit and meeting at Hometree's headquarters, nursery and woodlands, June 2026, led by Marina Conway.

Informal communication (1)

Written message to the Minister in August 2026 seeking his public support for the Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project

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.

Niall Collins Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)