Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Environment
Period
1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022
Specific Details
Tweet asking for SWAN's recommendations for the River Basin Management Plan to be adopted
Intended results
Looking for consideration of SWAN's asks for the RBMP: 1. The plan must be far more ambitious and include targeted measures to restore ALL waters to healthy status by 2027 and halt deterioration.
2. Agriculture policy must be brought in line with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to halt escalating pollution through a WFD-specific risk assessment for all intensive farms, including derogation farms, as part of a permitting system.
3. Prohibit wetland drainage and implement a national wetland restoration plan.
4. The Irish Water Investment Plan must end sewage pollution from all the wastewater treatment plants identified as the main pollution source in over 200 waterbodies.
5. Afforestation and felling licenses must include a WFD-specific assessment, with site-specific conditions to protect water. Afforestation on peat soils in acid sensitive catchments must stop.
6. The Plan cannot ignore the coast. It must set out all coastal-specific pressures and the measures to address them.
7. Water governance must be made transparent and brought into compliance with the Aarhus Convention. Participation of the public and local river groups in the development of catchment management plans must be facilitated & resourced.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Antóin McDermott
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.
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.
Darragh O'Brien
Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)
Malcolm Noonan
Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)
Charlie McConalogue
Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Pippa Hackett
Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Eamon Ryan
Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)
Micheál Martin
An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)
Leo Varadkar
An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)