Chambers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Chambers Ireland

Date published 17 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Made a submission to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on a Long Term Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Intended results Urged the Government to focus it's Long Term Strategy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions on resilience and capacity building across all services, infrastructure, energy, networks and communities.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Emma Kerins

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.

Submission (1)

Support for innovation and new thinking will be key to accelerating a GHG emission reductions. The encouragement of innovation will be essential in adopting a flexible, agile and proactive response and to pre-empt economic impacts and to negate any potentially negative societal impacts. The focus on implementation, monitoring and evaluation is an essential element of this and needs to reflect the urgency and responsiveness required. As this will be the framework for implementing and driving forward actions, the establishment of key performance indicators are essential, as is the commitment to ongoing review and updating as conditions change. https://www.chambers.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chambers-Ireland-Submission-to-DCCAE-on-proposed-introduction-of-environmental-levies_final.pdf

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)