Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Lobbying Organisation Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Future of CAP farm subsidies

Intended results People asked to sign an online campaign to show that this money (farm subsides) should be invested in farming that is good for health and nature. MEPs were asked to vote for a CAP that supports nature and water friendly farming and takes agri pressure off our precious water resources.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead O'Brien

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? Email to our members asking them sign up to an online campaign and to forward on the email to their own contacts. Also asking members to share a tweet on the subject.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Email to our members asking send to send on a copy of a pre-prepared email to Irish MEPs on the EU Committee in order to ask them to support a future CAP that is nature -friendly. Email also had a link to a tweet that members were asked to share a tweet via their Twitter accounts.

Social Media (2-5)

Tweets asking that MEPs vote for a CAP that supports nature and water-friendly farming and takes agri pressure off our precious water resources.

Social Media (2-5)

Tweets asking the public, etc., to sign up to an online campaign and stop industrial farming.

Email (2-5)

Emails sent to 4 Irish MEPS to vote for a more nature-friendly common agriculture policy.

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.

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Luke "Ming" Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)