Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Lobbying Organisation Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Date published 21 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Participation in a campaign to re-instate the Department of the Environment after the cabinet re-shuffle

Intended results The re-instatement of the Department of the Environment in the first instance Secondly, the establishment of an overarching Department of Environment, Climate change and Nature

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead 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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To tweet messages at the public as well as Enda Kenny and Denis Naughten in support of re-instating the Department of Environment with climate change and nature included within its remit.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (2-5)

A total of 6 tweets were sent on June 14 that count as targeted lobbying activities. 1 was directed at Enda Kenny, and the other 5 at Denis Naughten. Two of those were re-tweets.

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 TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Enda Kenny Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)