Overwatch Report

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Environment] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Social Protection] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Communications] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Imelda Munster', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Health] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Housing] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Health] We presented Minister Donnelly with a copy of our report and laid out our overall asks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Justice and Equality] We wrote to one member of a number of Oireachtas Committees re the SDGs in that Committee's work plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We asked a TD to submit a PQ on our behalf

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] We asked a TD to submit a PQ on our behalf

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We wrote a letter signed by 32 CEOs of Coalition 2030 member organisations to An Taoiseach requesting a meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We asked a TD to submit a PQ on our behalf

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Fergus O'Dowd", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We wrote to the leaders of the opposition parties requesting they hold the Government to account on SDG achievement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We met Minister Ryan and his team during the July Sustainable Development Goals High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in NY

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] Request for meeting re SDGs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] Social media to politicians urging them to progress our asks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 5 more

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We wanted Irish MEPs to push for a strong Nature Restoration Law

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 1 more

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We contacted Oireachtas members to arrange meetings and discuss the inclusion of the SDGs in their Party's manifestos for Government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Friends of the Earth

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Coalition 2030 launch of SDG report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pauline O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Environment] Meeting request re adding our campaign asks to their election manifestos

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Wrote to Minister for Finance requesting SDG-related items in Budget 2024

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

The Wheel

September–December

[Community] Participated as part of a Coalition 2030 delegation to discuss the positioning of the Sustainable Development Goals in party election manifestos, and general issues impacting the sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister Ryan pushing for Ireland to make certain commitments at the UN SDG Summit

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Environment] Meeting to discuss having SDG asks in Labour's election manifestos

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Environment] Met Senator to discuss our asks related to the SDGs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Coalition 2030

September–December

[Environment] That Ireland establishes/sets up an office of a Future Generations Commissioner

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] This entailed the dissemination of a 2-page briefing from Coalition 2030 pertaining to the draft National Implementation Plan on the Sustainable Development Goals. This draft was published in May 2022 by DECC. An email was sent to all senators, TDs and Ministers one day after the publication of the draft, outlining the criteria that Coalition 2030 would be using to assess the ability of the plan to help Ireland reach the Sustainable Development Goals. The email also shared a press

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more

Coalition 2030

May–August

[Environment] We sent a letter to Minister Eamon Ryan which pertained to the then upcoming publication of the (draft) National Implementation Plan on the Sustainable Development Goals. We devised seven areas in which we will be scrutinising the draft plan and assessing its ability to genuinely drive implementation of the SDGs over the coming years.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

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