Leave No Trace Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Leave No Trace Ireland

Date published 31 Aug, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020 – Public Consultation

Intended results For the Minister to abandon the proposed Bill and instead focus on improving the quality of licensing decisions Focus on a new Forestry programme which recognises community concerns Reject the MacKinnon report

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Rachel Shawe

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)

Leave No Trace Ireland's submission to the public consultation on the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020 was submitted via email as per the instructions for the process. It was also shared via email with the Irish Environmental Network's Environmental Law Officer.

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.

Pippa Hackett Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)