Stop Climate Chaos coalition (Stop Climate Chaos)

Lobbying Organisation Stop Climate Chaos coalition

Date published 20 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Dublin Passenger Cap

Intended results A halt to the Governments intervention to remove the Dublin Airport Passenger cap and attempt to legislate exemption from climate obligations

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sara Hurley

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)

An email was sent to Minister O'Brien on the 18th of March 2025, detailing the scientific, legal and environmental basis for the opposition to the lifting of the passenger cap and disapplying climate awareness and obligations

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 Climate, Energy and the Environment)