Irish Wildbird Conservancy (BirdWatch Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Wildbird Conservancy

Date published 09 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Marine Protected Area Legislation

Intended results Publication of the Marine Protected Area Bill before the summer recess

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Rosalind Skillen

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 write to Ministers Darragh O'Brien and Malcolm Noonan (Dept of Housing, Local Government & Heritage) and ask them to publish the MPA Bill. This was managed using an online e-action: https://only.one/act/ministers-protect-our-seas

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Met individually with Cathal McCann (Policy lead for Labour party), Minister Malcolm Noonan (Green) and Darren O'Rouke (Sinn Fein) to present Fair Seas General Election Manifesto. All meetings took place on 11th July 2024 in Leinster House.

Email (51-100)

As a member of Fair Seas coalition, BirdWatch Ireland used and promoted the online e-action lobbying Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Darragh O'Brien to publish MPA bill before the summer recess.

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.

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

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)