Overwatch Report

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Christopher O'Sullivan TD to give an overview of Arklow Bank Wind Farm.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Consultation Response.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tom Enright', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Wexford County Council)'}

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Minister Darragh O’Brien.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Minister Peter Burke to outline SSE’s Greenprint for Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Senator Malcolm Byrne & Cllr Andrew Bolger to update them on Arklow Bank Wind Park.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Andrew Bolger', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'}

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Wicklow County Council to update on Arklow Bank Wind Park.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Annesley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Joe Behan', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Vincent Blake', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Sylvester Bourke', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Shay Cullen', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} + 42 more

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Email to give overview on SSE’s Greenpoint and offshore wind ambitions.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Email providing information on SSE’s sponsorship of COP26.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} + 2 more

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting to provide information on Arklow Wind Bank.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

SSE plc

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Covid 19 vaccination rollout plan.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Environment] Presentation by SSE Airtricity Utility Solutions and SSE Enterprise to Senior Executive Team of Dublin City Council.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Owen Keegan', 'role': 'CEO (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Brendan O’Brien', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Presentation of SSE’s ambitions to fully develop Arklow Bank Wind Park to the Executive and Members of Arklow Municipal District at the Authority's March monthly meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Miriam Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Tommy Annesley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Sylvester Bourke', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Mary McDonald', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} + 1 more

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Presentation of SSE’s ambitions to fully develop Arklow Bank Wind Park to the Executive and Members of Wicklow Municipal District at the authority's March monthly meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gail Dunne', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Kavanagh', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Daire Nolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Irene Winters', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Brian Gleeson', 'role': 'CEO (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Shay Cullen', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'}

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Presentation of SSE’s ambitions to fully develop Arklow Bank Wind Park.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Casey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Formal presentation of SSE’s ambitions to fully develop Arklow Bank Wind Park to the Executive and Members of Wicklow Municipal District, and Arklow Municipal District .

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Miriam Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Tommy Annesley', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Sylvester Bourke', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Mary McDonald', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} + 7 more

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Speech at Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce event sponsored by SSE Airtricity at which Minister Richard Bruton TD was keynote speaker.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] A meeting with the Department of Climate Action, Communication & Environment at which SSE discussed a range of energy related matters.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Email regarding the usefulness of a carbon price floor as an investment signal for low carbon energy projects.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Sarah O'Neill", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Letter requesting a meeting with Donegal County Council to discuss barriers to the development of wind energy projects in County Donegal.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seamus Neely', 'role': 'CEO (Donegal County Council)'}

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Second Public Consultation on Ireland's draft National Energy and Climate Plan.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Submission on the transposition of Article 7 of Energy Efficiency Directive.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Public Consultation on EU ETS Phase IV – Discretionary Elements.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Public Consultation on draft Compliance Guidelines for Operators of Essential Services as part of the Network & Information Systems (NIS) Directive.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

January–April

[Environment] Presentation of SSE’s ambitions to fully develop Arklow Bank Wind Park to Executive Officers of Wexford County Council.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tony Larkin', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Wexford County Council)'}

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Presentation by SSE Renewables in Leinster House as part of a presentation to Oireachtas members on the role of wind energy to support a low carbon future for Ireland, arranged by the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA). The presentation event also included an address by an IWEA representative, and a representative of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eugene Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 9 more

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting to discuss SSE's decarbonisation policy priorities.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] SSE Renewables hosted a delegation of key Irish stakeholders at the official opening of SSE’s 588MW Beatrice Windfarm in the Moray Firth, Scotland. The trip provided an opportunity to view the world's fourth largest windfarm, to demonstrate how policy in the UK has enabled offshore wind to develop, and how this might be achieved in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting to discuss SSE's decarbonisation policy priorities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Griffin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Michael Manley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting to discuss policy priorities for delivery of offshore wind.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Niall O'Connor", 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Defence)'}

SSE plc

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Donegal County Council to discuss onshore wind planning in the County.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seamus Neely', 'role': 'CEO (Donegal County Council)'} {'name': 'Liam Ward', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Donegal County Council)'}

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