Tiber Island Advisory Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Tiber Island Advisory Ltd

Date published 16 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Climate action in transport, raising awareness of the benefits of E10 petrol which would bring the climate benefits of 100,000 electric cars overnight at no cost to consumer or exchequer.

Intended results Government support for immediate introduction of E10 petrol (but to date there has been no action!) plus greater attention to the opportunity for use of bioenergy in transport generally.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity James Cogan

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Ethanol Europe

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 6 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2

Main business or activity Energy & Natural Resources

Company website www.eerl.com

Contact email address jameskcogan@gmail.com

Contact phone number 0858044110

Contact address 6 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Emails to senators and TDs on the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee and to DCCAE officials - putting the case for ethanol as a petrol substitute.

Submission (2-5)

Submission to consultation on Biofuels Obligation Scheme: www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/energy/consultations/Documents/44/submissions/Ethanol%20Europe%20submission.pdf Submission to December survey on climate action by 2050.

Meeting (1)

Presentation to Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_climate_action/2019-11-27/2/ www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-archive/committees/3063

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.

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Máire Devine Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)