Overwatch Report

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Joint letter from Coillte, Forsa and SIPTU to the Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry seeking additional resourcing for the Forestry Appeals Commission (FAC) so that appeals against felling licences could be held in a timely manner and that the backlog could be cleared.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Promotion of Forestry Sector - To engage with Matt Carthy TD to discuss the Forestry and Timber Products sector and the forestry licensing issue.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Housing] To engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage regarding the importance of using wood products in the built environment and the importance of the Forestry sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] To request support for the amendments and additional measures outlined in our submission to the public consultation on proposed forestry legislation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mattie McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Lowry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Engagement on Forestry Licencing Crisis, FAC Hearing Delays, Critical Timber Supply Shortage, Road Permit Delays and Legislative Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Encourage DAFM to highlight the urgent requirement to progress with the introduction of the new single consent system for forest entrances

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Coillte CGA

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Encourage the Department at meeting on 12 Febraury to consider the introduction of modest fees to the Forestry Appeal Process in line with modern comparable regulations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and ENvironment the status of plans to introduce a support scheme for renewable heat; whether state aid had been formally applied for; when approval expected and the scheme opened for biomass

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Agriculture] Meeting with MAFM, the Junior Minister of State for Forestry and senior officials to discuss of proposed changes to Felling Licence application process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Appropriate Assessment Screening and Felling Licences: To engage with the Department and Forest Service regarding felling licences and to encourage the Department to implement an effective Forestry Appeals Committee process.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] National forestry policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] To discuss the new system of licence appeals and in particular the implementation of new appropriate assessment procedures

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

January–April

[Agriculture] To inform the Ministers and their relevant officials of the economic, environmental and social importance of the timber industry; to highlight the unique and specific issues facing the timber industry arising from Brexit; to inform the Ministers of the activities of the TIBF (Timber Industry Brexit Forum)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] RED II : Engaged with MEPs on the EU Energy Working Party to further the European Wood Panel Federation members objective on preventing distortions of raw material markets for biomass

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian Crowley', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nessa Childers', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Agriculture] Members of the Timber Industry Brexit Forum (TIBF), including Coillte, travelled to Brussels to meet with Irish MEP’s June 27th 2018. The purpose of the trip was to communicate the significant exposure of the industry to Brexit risk and to outline the industry’s own proposals for the smooth handling of Brexit.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fergal Leamy (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Agriculture] Members of the Timber Industry Brexit Forum (TIBF), including Coillte, travelled to Brussels to meet with members of the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU on June 27th 2018. The purpose of the trip was to communicate the significant exposure of the industry to Brexit risk and to outline the industry’s own proposals for the smooth handling of Brexit.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fergal Leamy (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Joe Hackett', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Encourage the Dept of Transport Tourism and Sport to introduce targetd funding of 20m pa to be made available to Local Authorities to enable them to upgrade their local road network where the road network is being utilised for timber haulage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Visit to MS business of Coillte to give an overview of the processes and identify key bottlenecks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Meeting to discuss afforestation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Meeting to discuss afforestation and strategic regulatory objectives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Meeting to discuss strategic regulatory objectives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Ó Donnchú', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[Agriculture] Meeting to discuss forest policy with a particular focus on climate smart forestry. Discuss issues relating to climate smart forestry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Coillte CGA

January–April

[Social Protection] Briefing the Department of Social Protection on PRSI classification and related pension matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McKeon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Social Protection] Briefing the Department of Social Protection on PRSI classification and related pension matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McKeon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Sports and Recreation] Discuss management of Lough Key Forest Park

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Lydon', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Roscommon County Council)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Transport] Road consents in County Leitrim

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frank Curran', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Leitrim County Council)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Sports and Recreation] Discuss access to Ticknock Forest

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philomena Poole', 'role': 'CEO (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}

Coillte CGA

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Encourage the Department and Forest Service to amend the forestry programme at mid-term review

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Coillte CGA

September–December

[EU Affairs] Meeting to highlight the importance of the Irish timber industry and to emphasise the unique and specific issues facing the timber industry arising from Brexit

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Coillte CGA

September–December

[EU Affairs] Meeting to highlight the importance of the Irish timber industry and emphasise the unique and specific issues facing the timber industry arising from Brexit

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

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