Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Lobbying Organisation Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Date published 19 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Social media activity pertaining to the fracking ban, which we are in support of.

Intended results Fracking would be legally banned from taking place in Ireland.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sydney Weinberg

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.

Social Media (1)

Jan 31 - We retweeted a tweet by Anja Murray that called for an immediate ban on fracking and tagged Denis Naughten.

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.

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)