Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment

Lobbying Organisation Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment

Date published 17 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details meeting with department officials and politicians about the adoption of the Deposit Refund Scheme regulations

Intended results pass a strong DRS regulation educate public officials on how a DRS works

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mindy O'Brien

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Inviting all Dail members to participate in a presentation on how a DRS works.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

emails to government officials about the details of the regulations and pushing for strong measures

Phone call (6-10)

spoke with government officials about the DRS regs

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

organised virtual webinars for local and national politicians on how the DRS would work and what was in the regulations.

Email (51-100)

emails to politicians, political parties and their staff inviting them to the webinars on DRS

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.

Lynn Boylan Senator (Seanad)

Paul Kenny Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)