Fair Seas Ireland (Fair Seas Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Fair Seas Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Fair Seas launched an Email Your Ministers online tool to facilitate the public to enquire about the Marine Protected Area legislation

Intended results To garner as much public support and generate political pressure on the two relevant Ministers to progress the Marine Protected Area Bill as soon as possible

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jack O'Donovan Trá

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 fill out a Fair Seas online form that allows the public to quickly send an email to Minister O'Brien and Noonan asking them to progress the Marine Protected Area Bill as soon as possible

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

One email to each Minister is generated and sent from the user of the Fair Seas online tool asking each Minister to progress the Marine Protected Area Bill asap

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)