Friends of the Earth
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (21-30)
Friends of the Earth, Oisin Coghlan sent emails to members of the Oireachtas Committee on climate action, specifically to communicate suggestions on amendments to the climate action and low carbon development act, specifically in line with the recommendations in this briefing prepared by Stop Climate Chaos
https://www.stopclimatechaos.ie/assets/files/pdf/what_needs_to_change_in_the_climate_bill_-_scc_briefing_oct_2020.pdf
Jerry MacEvilly sent emails to Timmy Dooley ( 3rd Nov, 17 Nov, 18 19 20 Nov). Cormac Devlin( 3rd Nov, 17, 18 Nov). Christopher O'Sullivan emailed on 17 Nov and 4, 7 and 8 Dec, and emails to Paul Kenny Special Advisor.
Virtual Meeting (51-100)
Friends of the Earth participated in a virtual meeting with TD's on December 7th 2020, where we asked all TD's to attend for a specfic meeting with their constituents on the climate action and low carbon development act. In advance we shared with our members specific points to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act, in line with this briefing https://www.stopclimatechaos.ie/assets/files/pdf/what_needs_to_change_in_the_climate_bill_-_scc_briefing_oct_2020.pdf
Approximately 90 virtual meetings occured on that day, many of which included people who were attending because Friends of the Earth asked them to attend. It is not possible for us to know which meetings were attended by people because Friends of the Earth asked them, as many other groups also asked their supporters to attend. TD's who were met by specific Friends of the Earth staff included
Phone call (6-10)
Phone calls by Oisin Coghlan, Jerry MacEvilly with members of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action and their staff during the course of debates on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act in November and December 2020.
Phone calls by Oisin Coghlan to Paul Kenny, Special Advisor during the course of the debates on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act.
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.