Overwatch Report

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Building an Irish electrostate

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Wind energy development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Sharing with Oireachtas members slides used in annual wind energy briefing for Oireachtas members.'} {'name': 'Joe Neville', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McCormack', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Geoghegan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 15 more

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of onshore renewable energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Pat McParland', 'role': 'Deputy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] North-South Interconnector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of onshore wind energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Matthew Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} + 3 more

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Dispatch down and the need to accelerate the delivery of grid infrastructure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat McParland', 'role': 'Deputy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] National Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Wind Energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat McParland', 'role': 'Deputy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Naoise O'Cearúil", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Planning policy for onshore wind energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Mullan', 'role': 'Chairperson (An Bord Pleanála)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Briefing for Oireachtas members on wind energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'William Aird', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Maxwell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Roche', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Grace Boland', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frank Feighan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 17 more

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of offshore wind and delivery of the National Designated Maritime Area Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Grid connections for offshore wind

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Establishment of the Taoiseach’s Climate Investment Clearing House

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Delivery of offshore wind projects

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Delivery of onshore and offshore wind to help meet Ireland's climate targets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Building Ireland's electricity grid

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Implementation of the National Planning Framework and renewable energy targets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Cussen', 'role': 'Planning Regulator (Office of the Planning Regulator)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of onshore wind energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Daniel Griffin', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Maritime Area Consents

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matt Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Áine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Renewable Electricity Support Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Matt Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} + 3 more

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Offshore Wind Action Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Matt Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Siobhan Russell', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Pat McParland', 'role': 'Deputy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 18 more

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Ireland's national Designated Maritime Area Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor D McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Transport] Guidance for Navigational Practice, Safety & Emergency Response for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Installations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Electrification Action Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Laura Mannion', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Government policy on LEUs (Large Energy Users).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Laura Mannion', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of onshore wind energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McDonald', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Matt Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Marine] Development of offshore renewable energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Tom Tynan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Establishment of the Taoiseach’s Climate Investment Clearing House.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat McParland', 'role': 'Deputy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Wind Energy Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Clean Industrial State Aid Framework

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Lobbying Tracker

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