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Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Pre-budget submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Seeking opportunities to Promote Circular Economy Initiatives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Mac Sweeney', 'role': 'Acting Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Letter: Insurance reform to enable a more circular economy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

May–August

[Finance] CRNI Pre-Budget Submission 2023 https://crni.ie/content/uploads/2022/08/Pre-budget-Submission-2023-.pdf

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Finance] Reduced VAT to enable a more Circular Economy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Green & Social Virtual Trade Fair launch

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

January–April

[Environment] Officials were sent CRNI's policy submission made to the DCCAE consultation"Waste Action Plan" with 81 recommended actions that can help deliver a fairer and more circular economy addressing the urgency of climate change in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Healy', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Support mandatory repair score on our electronic products, outlawing all practices of premature and planned obsolescence, green public procurement to become the norm in vote on an IMCO own initiative report on how to make the EU internal market more sustainable

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Asked to support amendments to INI report “Towards a sustainable single market for business and consumers” in parliamentary vote

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

January–April

[Environment] Transposition of Waste Framework Directive as well as development of new Circular Economy policy for Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Reuse Network Ireland

May–August

[Environment] Appeal to make election campaign supportive of the role of social enterprise in a Circular Economy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 6 more

Community Reuse Network Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Highlight key policy issues for the reuse, repair and recycling sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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