Stop Climate Chaos coalition (Stop Climate Chaos)

Lobbying Organisation Stop Climate Chaos coalition

Date published 13 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2020

Intended results To ensure the climate bill is as strong as possible and ensures Irelands pathway to faster and fairer climate action

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sadhbh O'Neill

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? Two email campaigns. Requested the public to email their TD's through the Stop Climate Chaos website on two occasions. And one collective mass lobby where members of the public were invited to meet with their TD's online in a one day virtual lobby day. Over 1000 people participated with 90 TDs.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs Directed the public to email their TDs through the Stop Climate Chaos website 1 - Please pass the climate bill by Christmas, 2 - close the loopholes in the climate bill 1000 people sent emails to their TDs in response to this request.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (21-30)

Sadhbh O'Neill of the Stop Climate Choas coalition sent emails to all members of the Oireachtas Committee on climate action with recommendations on amending the climate action and low carbon development act 2020 to ensure faster and fairer climate action. The following briefing was shared with TDs. https://www.stopclimatechaos.ie/assets/files/pdf/what_needs_to_change_in_the_climate_bill_-_scc_briefing_oct_2020.pdf

Phone call (21-30)

Sadhbh O'Neill held phone calls with Deputies on the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee in relation to the recommendations for the amending the cliamte bill as per this briefing. In addition phone calls were held with Paul Kenny (Special Advisor). https://www.stopclimatechaos.ie/assets/files/pdf/what_needs_to_change_in_the_climate_bill_-_scc_briefing_oct_2020.pdf

Virtual Meeting (31-50)

Stop Climate Choas, with Friends of the Earth organised a mass online meeting for people to meet their TD's to talk about climate aciton and the climate action bill, at the time being scrutinised by the Oireachtas committee on climate action. 1000 people met with 90TD's online over the course of one day, December 7th. Stop Climate Chaos staff, Sadbbh O'Neill attended meetings with the following TDs and Senators Eamon O Cuiv, Roderic O Gorman, Roisin Shortall, Jim O Callaghan, Malcolm Noonan, John-Paul Phelan, Jennifer Murnane-O Connor, David Cullinane, Dara Calleary, Violet-Anne Wynne and Senator Lynn Boylan. Additional virtual meetings were held with Virtual meetings with SF group (Darren O Rourke TD, Reada Cronin TD and Sen. Boylan), Richard Bruton TD, Sen. Pauline O Reilly, Brid Smith TD, Christopher O Sullivan TD, Sen. John McGahon, Sen. Alice Mary Higgins, Brian Leddin TD

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.

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kenny Special Adviser (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

John Paul Phelan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Violet Anne Wynne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lynn Boylan Senator (Seanad)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGahon Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley Senator (Seanad)