Friends of the Earth

Lobbying Organisation Friends of the Earth

Date published 20 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Irish participation in the European Parliament Projects of Common Interest List

Intended results To ask the Irish Parliament to debate the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the European Commission Projects of Common Interest List To remove the Shannon LNG project from the European Commission Projects of Common Interest List

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kate Ruddock

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Contact your TD and ask them to request a debate on the PCI list, and ask them to vote against the Shannon LNG project remaining on the PCI list.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs We requested via email and social media that the public ask their TD's to schedule a debate in the Dail on the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the European Commission Projects of Common Interest List, and we requested that they ask their TD's to vote against the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project. A debate on this issue was held in the Dail, but no vote was taken.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

We requested via email and social media that the public ask their TD's to schedule a debate in the Dail on the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the European Commission Projects of Common Interest List, and we requested that they ask their TD's to vote against the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project. A debate on this issue was held in the Dail, but no vote was taken.

Social Media (11-20)

Social media posts targetting An Taoiseach and the Minister for Communications Climate Action and Environment requesting the allow a debate in the Dail on the Irish Governments support for the Shannon LNG project, and the defacto support for LNG in Ireland, despite no stated policy or programme in support of this technology.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)