Climate and Health Alliance

Lobbying Organisation Climate and Health Alliance

Date published 09 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Lobbying for the amendment of legislation to ensure that the Climate Change Advisory Council can appoint an expert in public health to its membership.

Intended results To secure the listing of public health as an area of expertise that one of the Climate Change Advisory Council's members should have knowledge of, so that an expert in public health is appointed to the Council.

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)

Letter to Minister Eamon Ryan asking that he amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020, so that public health is listed as one of the members’ expertise of the Climate Change Advisory Council

Informal communication (1)

Text message to Minister Ryan's special adviser Paul Kenny asking that the Minister follow up with the letter.

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)

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