Fair Seas Ireland (Fair Seas Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Fair Seas Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Fair Seas organised an event in the AV room to highlight importance of MPAs to all Oireachtas members - including posted invitations (with copy of our Key MPA legislative asks), organising correspondence and follow up emails.

Intended results To call on all Oirteachtas members to support the recommendations in the JOC PLS report on the MPA General Scheme

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donal Griffin

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 We invited all Oireachtas members to attend our event in the AV Room to speak about MPAs and the recently published PLS report on the MPA General Scheme

Letter All Oireachtas Members We invited all Oireachtas members to attend our event in the AV Room to speak about MPAs and the recently published PLS report on the MPA General Scheme via a posted letter which included a copy of our Key MPA legislative asks.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Members of the Oireachtas turned up on the day of the AV room event where we highlighted the importance and asked for their support in getting the PLS report recommendations addressed in the forthcoming MPA Bill.

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.

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)