Natural Capital Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Natural Capital Ireland

Date published 28 Apr, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details NCI Executive Coordinator Deirdre Lane issued congratulations to Minister Heydon with an invitation to an introduction to Natural Capital and conversation about 2026 Year of Women in agriculture.

Intended results NCI intention was to discuss the IEN Natural Restoration report application of Natural Capital in Ireland with DAFM and advance planning for Natural Capital as part of the UN FAO Year of Women in Agriculture in Ireland. NCI Executive Coordinator Deirdre Lane issued congratulations to Minister Haydon with an invitation to an introduction to Natural Capital and conversation about 2026 Year of Women in agriculture.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Deirdre Lane

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)

Mister JohnThomas Walsh, from the ?Minister’s Office replied with Reference No: DAFM-MHO-00594-2025 to acknowledge NCI correspondence dated 10/03/2025 to Martin Heydon T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It stated the correspondence would be brought to the Minister’s attention as soon as possible. In the interim it was forwarded for the attention of relevant Department officials.

Social Media (2-5)

NCI issued a LinkedIn post on writing to Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon to offer a briefing about the natural capital approach and how it can benefit the agricultural sector 3/13/2025 A LinkedIn post writing to Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon to offer a briefing about the natural capital approach and how it can benefit the agricultural sector was sent on 3/13/2025

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.

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)