Climate and Health Alliance (Climate and Health Alliance)

Lobbying Organisation Climate and Health Alliance

Date published 06 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Email letter to the Minister for Climate Action and the Environment Eamon Ryan expressing concerns to the upcoming ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, more commonly referred to as CETA.

Intended results The Climate and Health Alliance sought an assessment from the Department of Climate Action and the Environment on CETA, including the effects of arbitration through the Investment Court System (ICS) on climate action policy and the regulatory chill as a result of the ICS mechanism, with threats of foreign companies challenging, blocking or delaying climate actions laws and standards

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Murphy

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.

Email (1)

Email letter to the Minister for Climate Action and the Environment Eamon Ryan expressing concerns to the upcoming ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, more commonly referred to as CETA CC’d Clerk to the Committee Fiona Cashin climateaction@oireachtas.ie

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.

Eamon Ryan Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)