Friends of the Earth

Mass communications

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (1)
Meeting on 19/2/2022 with Brian Leddin and Sasa Novak to discuss the carbon budget approval process and the timing of key moments within that process.
Email (11-20)
Email (1/2/22 ) to members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action with Friends of the Earth's observations and recommendations re: the carbon budgets. Email was sent to: Deputy Brian Leddin Deputy Richard Bruton Deputy Reada Cronin Deputy Cormac Devlin Deputy Alan Farrell Deputy Darren O’Rourke Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan Deputy Brid Smith Deputy Jennifer Whitmore Senator Lynn Boylan Senator Timmy Dooley Senator John McGahon Senator Pauline O’Reilly
Email (6-10)
Email requesting information on the the carbon budget approval process.
Letter (2-5)
Emailed a letter to Senators (15/2/22), Minister Ryan (18/2/22) and Paul Kenny (21/2/22) with Friends of the Earth's observations and recommendations re: the carbon budgets, especially the 3rd carbon budget. The following Senators also received the email: Senator Lynn Boylan Senator Timmy Dooley Senator John McGahon Senator Pauline O’Reilly Senator Annie Hoey Senator Catherine Ardagh Senator Eileen Flynn Senator Fintan Warfield Senator Frances Black Senator Lisa Chambers Senator Lynn Ruane Senator Malcome Byrne Senator Marie Sherlock Senator Mark Daly Senator Niall O’Donoghue Senator Pippa Hackett Senator Rebecca Moynihan Senator Vincent Martin
Email (1)
Email (24/3/2022) requesting information on the timing of the carbon budget approval process in the Oireachtas, including a letter with Friends of the Earth's observations and recommendations re: the carbon budgets, especially the 3rd carbon budget. This email was sent to: Senator Ivana Bacik Darren O’Rourke TD Jennifer Whitmore TD Brid Smith TD
Email (11-20)
Email (4/4/22) to Senator Annie Hoey, Senator, Timmy Dooley, Senator Pippa Hackett, Senator Frances Black, Senator, Senator Pauline O'Reilly, Senator Lynn Ruane, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins, Senator Lynn Boylan, Deputy Bacik, and on 5/4/2022 to Deputy Darren O’Rourke, Deputy Jennifer Whitmore, and Deputy Brid Smith with a briefing on the carbon budgets ahead of the motion in the Seanad.
Phone call (2-5)
Phone calls to discuss the provisional 3rd carbon budget. These phone calls were made to: Senator Alice Mary Higgins Deputy Bríd Smith Deputy Darren O’Rourke
Email (1)
Email to Senator Mary Fitzpatrick querying whether an amendment can be put forward to the motion in the Seanad.
Email (1)
Email (6/4/2022) to Deputy Bacik and Whitmore re amendment to the motion on the carbon budgets.
Phone call (1)
Phone call (31/01/22) with Senator Higgins re carbon budget programme
Meeting (1)
Statement to the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action by Oisin Coghlan on 13 January

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.