UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA)

Lobbying Organisation UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA)

Date published 20 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details We are lobbying the Irish Government on the use of biofuels in home heating to replace heating oil

Intended results We want the Irish Government to consider biofuels as an home heating alternative to heating oil for the 686,000 households currently on heating oil. We don't want the Government to just concentrate on heat pumps and the electrification of heat

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nick Hayes

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 (2-5)

The emails to Mattie McGrath and Sean Sherlock concerned a request for a meeting and what we would like to discuss with the recipients which included the Government’s planned transition to low carbon heat. We fully support this transition and our Members are committed to playing an active role in helping the Government achieve its goals in the sector that we are active in, delivering heating oil to 686,000 households, mainly in rural and off-grid homes. In many of our Government consultation responses we have asked for the Government to implement policies that will help the forgotten rural fuel poor whilst also cutting carbon emissions. We said we would welcome an early opportunity to discuss these matters with them and their fellow Independent TDs in order that we might help to tackle some of the issues affecting our industry and the customers whom they serve

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Danny Healy and Nick Hayes of UKIFDA to talk about the role liquid bio fuels can play in the decarbonisation of heat in Ireland.

Submission (1)

We submitted our response to the Biofuels Obligation Scheme

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.

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)