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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Darren O'Rourke

Sinn Féin

Constituency / panel
Meath East
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Committees
4 current — Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence; Joint Committee on Education and Youth; …

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

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Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)

Environment
Intended results

Politicians would meet on the outcomes of our national sustainability consultation event. We would gain a better unstradning on the topic of the legislation and support the bill as it progresses through the Oireachtas. Present the politician with the outcomes of our national…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To insist that there must be an accurate measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals at farm levels. It was accepted at the IFA Climate Summit that research is ongoing to facilitate more accurate estimates of emissions from Irish agriculture and land use. In the…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To ensure that the Government takes account of the potential for carbon leakage to arise from climate policies in Ireland. This is a requirement of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.Carbon leakage occurs when food production is curtailed in one…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To emphasise that new funding is required to support farmers and the wider agricultural sector to achieve our environmental objectives. This must include renewable energy as well as research funding to maximise the potential for technology-based solutions to help agriculture to…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by DCC Energy plc

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Recognition of the role of the LPG and BioLPG as lower carbon emission fuel options. Raise awareness of LPG and BioLPG as lower carbon emission fuel options. Attendance at the LGI Just Transition LaunchEvent in Dublin on Wednesday 25th January2023. Recognition of the role of the…

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Published name "DCC Energy plc" equals CRO name "DCC ENERGY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 54858) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited

Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended results

To discuss the delivery of major infrastructure projects in Ireland and the potential positive role of PPPs

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Published name "Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited" equals CRO name "TENEO STRATEGY IRELAND LIMITED" (CRO 92844) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

EU Affairs
Intended results

To seek a meeting with the members of the political parties on the implications of the mid-term review of the Nitrates Action programme agreed with the European Commission.::1. The IFA insist that the Minister must revisit this with the European Commission as this would mean…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight that that farmers will be the most impacted by the outcome of both the Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review.::To point out that agricultural land accounts for approximately 67% of Ireland's total land area. While forests account for approximately 11% of…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

That policy measures around land use change including the forestry programme, biodiversity proposals and rewetting must all be agreed with farmers.::To highlight that IFA will not agree with land being designated or re-wetted without prior agreement with farmers and full…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Irish Heart Foundation

Environment
Intended results

Secure agreement from Minister Eamon Ryan to launch the Air Pollution Report ::Secure attendance from members of the Oireachtas to attend the online webinar ::Secure certain members of the Oireachtas to join the online webinar as panellists ::Meet with members of the Oireachtas…