Malcolm Noonan

Familiarity with Environmental Pillar Election General Manifesto 2025

To highlight how the complexity of the current wildlife legislation has led to confusion and inconsistencies. The existing framework, including the Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife Amendment Act 2000, and the European Communities (Birds and Habitats) Regulations 2011 lack…

Engage with newly elected MEPs on environmental issues. Try to get environmental issues included in national parties election manifestos.

To garner as much public support and generate political pressure for the Government to progress the Marine Protected Area Bill

To highlight public support for MPA Bill to be progressed as soon as possible

To show the broad public support for the MPA legislation and convince Government of the need to publish the draft MPA bill.

To ensure that the manifestoes of the political parties were ambitious for the environment especially Ireland's wild birds and other biodiversity. ::That the Programme for Government would be more ambitious for biodiversity and the environment than some of the manifestoes

Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Publication of the Marine Protected Area Bill and advocating for management plans for existing protected areas.

In 2021 the Green Party promised that 'it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted'. Now the High Court has ruled that 'Government policy does not constitute a moratorium on LNG terminals and ordered An Bord Pleanala to…

That Irish elected representatives support an ambitious EU Nature Restoration Law in EU negotiations

That elected representatives to support an ambitious Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan

To propose that grant aid from the Climate and Nature Fund to be made available to all farmers with 70% grant aid for manure/ slurry storage facilities.::To propose that slurry separation equipment is grant aided by 70% to assist in reducing storage capacity requirements on…

To propose provision of capital grant funding to support the construction of viable on-farm Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants and the storage of digestate from AD plants on-farm.::To propose Government-backed finance (similar to current SBCI lending structures) to be provided to…

To propose that this scheme, which was introduced to promote environmentally sustainable farming methods, and significantly reduce nitrogen fertiliser while maintaining forage yields has proven particularly popular among farmers and should be extended, with increased eligible…