Charlie McConalogue

The meeting was to explain the outcome of the findings of the report

Raise importance of MPA process in Ireland

To ensure relevant Government officials and representatives progress Ireland's MPA process as soon as possible and are aware of wider concerns across Europe e.g impacts of bottom trawling

To raise awareness of MPAs and our seas among political and policy stakeholders. To gauge interest in marine conservation among identified stakeholders.

Ensure Government is doing everything possible to protect environmental and human rights defenders in Ukraine, provide support to refugees seeking protection in Ireland and work with EU fellow member states to re-establish peace in Europe

Looking for consideration of SWAN's asks for the RBMP: 1. The plan must be far more ambitious and include targeted measures to restore ALL waters to healthy status by 2027 and halt deterioration.::2. Agriculture policy must be brought in line with the Water Framework Directive…

To highlight that achieving the reduction target set for agriculture, of 22% to 30% by 2030, which represents an emissions reduction of between 5 to 7 million tonnes CO2 (Mt CO2), will be extremely challenging for the sector.::To highlight that Irish farming is a world leader in…

To seek resources for community project

To support Ireland's progress towards the 2030 agenda by engaging further with the SDGs and policy proposals on how to implement them at local and national level.

That the Government cannot use the Nitrates review to introduce measures that are more to do with delivering climate policy objectives, than improving water quality.::To highlight that the Government must undertake a cost-benefit analysis to understand the economic cost of the…

To welcome the Water Quality report from the European Commission shows some encouraging signs for water quality improvement in Ireland.::To highlight that the report shows improvements in 152 of 726 water bodies that were prioritised areas for action in the WFD River Basin…

The retention of the existing “Net-Net” carbon accounting methodology::Increased interactions between farm organisations and the government to result in collaboration

To get independent environmental assessments of NDP projects and investment to get 30% MPAs by 2030

To argue in favour of maintaining the Net Net method of calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions instead of the Gross Net method.::Highlight the negative implications of Gross Net calculation for agriculture and the land use sector.

to ask that the government comply with the legal requirements of the CFP, to end overfishing, to implement the discard ban and to end bottom trawling