Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Environmental Pillar
EU Transparency Register
47127888840-66 First registered on 26 May 2012
Goals / Remit
It creates and promotes policies that advance sustainaibility.
It provides a channel for government and the other social partners to engage with the environmental sector on policy matters.
It provides an access point into government policy making at national, regional, and local levels.
It provides a public profile for the environmental sector on policy matters.Main EU files targeted
Agriculture - CAP
Marine - CFP
TTIP and trade
Access to Justice
REFIT of Birds and Habitats Directives
Biodiversity
Energy
Climate
WaterAddress
Head Office
Green St, 1
Dublin 7 Dublin 7
IRELAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Michael K Ewing (Coordinator)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael K Ewing (Coordinator)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
European Environment Bureau
Member organisations
An Taisce(6000),
Bat Conservation Ireland(300),
BirdWatch Ireland(15000),
CELT (Centre for Environmental Living and Training)(300),
CoastWatch,(500),
Coomhola Salmon Trust(150),
Crann(1000),
ECO-UNESCO(3000),
FEASTA(300),
Forest Friends(200),
Friends of the Earth(3000),
Global Action Plan (GAP Ireland),(1000),
Gluaiseacht(100),
Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA),(200),
Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT)(3000),
Hedge Laying Association of Ireland(100),
Irish Natural Forestry Foundation (INFF),(500),
Irish Peatland Conservation Council(2000),
Irish Seal Sanctuary(500),
Irish Seed Savers Association(2000),
Irish Whale & Dolphin Group(1000),
Sonairte,(1000),
Sustainable Ireland Cooperative (Cultivate),(2000),
The Organic Centre(1500),
VOICE(1000),
Zero Waste Alliance.(50),
Native Woodland Trust(1500) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
EESC
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Submissions on all of the above to the relevant DGs
Other activities
We are represented on the ESCE/EESC by Cillian Lohan.
We have made a number of submissions including on on the CFP, CAP the 7EAP, the 2020 Strategy. We meet with DG Environment on their package trips to Ireland, and with the Environment Committee of the Parliament likewise.- Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 13 May 2016 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject EU energy and climate agenda for 2016 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Environmental Protection Agency
- An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland
- Greenpeace European Unit
- ABP Food Group
- Gas Networks Ireland
- Ibec
- The Institute of International and European Affairs, Brussels
- EirGrid Group plc
- Irish Wind Energy Association
- Irish Bioenergy Association
- University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin
- ESB
- Irish Farmers' Association
- Electricity Association of Ireland
- Meetings