Regnum Renewables Development Ltd (Regnum Renewables Development Ltd)

Lobbying Organisation Regnum Renewables Development Ltd

Date published 16 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Development and Zoning

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details Regnum Renewables are trying to understand the different ways in which a favourable planning decision can be achieved for our potential wind farm sites, that are not currently supported by the renewable energy strategy in the relevant county development plan.

Intended results We hope to improve our chances of receiving a positive decision on future planning applications, on sites that do not currently have a favourable designation in the renewable energy strategy in their respective county development plans.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kevin Daly

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Ivan Yates (Former DPO) Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

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.

Informal communication (1)

Ivan Yates, who is providing advisory services to Regnum since January 2024, met with Paul Kehoe TD in the Riverside Park Hotel in Wexford on 11th March 2024. They discussed the obstacles confronting wind farm developers on both a national and local scale due to county development plans in Ireland, potential avenues for instigating changes to county development plans and the likelihood of a successful planning application which contravenes a county development plan.

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.

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)