Irish Environmental Network

Lobbying Organisation Irish Environmental Network

Date published 16 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Follow up to Meeting with Minister Naughten re IEN Funding Submission

Intended results Increased funding for IEN and its members for 2018

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michael ewing

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.

Email (1)

Dear Minister Naughten On behalf of the IEN Board I would like to thank you for the what we felt was a very useful meeting on 27th November. At the meeting the Directors noted your concerns regarding the possible duplication of administation costs across our membership, but pointed out that in fact there are very few actual admin people in the sector and that there is none of the administrative “fat” that might be seen in other sectors. IEN sponsored joint-purchase schemes have enabled members to reduce costs for essentials such as Auditors and Insurance, whilst IEN in-house and external training has enabled them to keep up to speed with legislative and governance requirements. Since the meeting the meeting the Directors have also discussed your suggestion of a “greenhouse” where administrative activities can be centralised, and are looking into the possibilities around it. They also noted your desire to see a strong pro-active evidence-based environmental NGO Sector, capable and

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)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Brian Carroll Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Ross Elwood Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)