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The aim of lobbying
The aim of lobbying is to educate and inform key decision-makers and opinion-formers in the political/administrative arena about Cannabis

People often seem to view lobbying as being about trying to make politicians do something that they don’t want to do. That rarely works, and only then for groups which are big or important enough to exercise some kind of sanction over government. We’re not in that position. Instead, think of lobbying much more in terms of providing information to TDs/Senators/civil servants. Information is the key currency in lobbying – and your opinion is an important piece of information for politicians.

Please – don’t be tempted to send an email to multiple TDs or Senators. Each of them will regard it as junk mail. If you want to email more than one person, email each of them separately and individually.

. Mr. Bertie Ahern bertie.ahern@oireachtas.ie
2. Mr. Dermot Ahern dermot.ahern@oireachtas.ie
3. Mr. Michael Ahern michael.ahern@oireachtas.ie
4. Mr. Noel Ahern noel.ahern@oireachtas.ie
5. Mr. Bernard Allen bernard.allen@oireachtas.ie
6. Mr. Chris Andrews chris.andrews@oireachtas.ie
7. Mr. Barry Andrews barry.andrews@oireachtas.ie
8. Mr. Seán Ardagh sean.ardagh@oireachtas.ie
9. Mr. Bobby Aylward bobby.aylward@oireachtas.ie
10. Mr. James Bannon james.bannon@oireachtas.ie
11. Mr. Sean Barrett sean.barrett@oireachtas.ie
12. Mr. Joe Behan joe.behan@oireachtas.ie
13. Mr. Niall Blaney niall.blaney@oireachtas.ie
14. Ms. Aíne Brady aine.brady@oireachtas.ie
15. Mr. Cyprian Brady cyprian.brady@oireachtas.ie
16. Mr. Johnny Brady johnny.brady@oireachtas.ie
17. Mr. Pat Breen pat.breen@oireachtas.ie
18. Mr. Tommy Broughan thomas.p.broughan@oireachtas.i e
19. Mr. John Browne john.browne@oireachtas.ie
20. Mr. Richard Bruton richard.bruton@oireachtas.ie
21. Mr. Ulick Burke ulick.burke@oireachtas.ie
22. Ms. Joan Burton joan.burton@oireachtas.ie
23. Ms. Catherine Byrne catherine.byrne@oireachtas.ie
24. Mr. Thomas Byrne thomas.byrne@oireachtas.ie
25. Mr. Dara Calleary dara.calleary@oireachtas.ie
26. Mr. Pat Carey pat.carey@oireachtas.ie
27. Mr. Joe Carey joe.carey@oireachtas.ie
28. Ms. Deirdre Clune deirdre.clune@oireachtas.ie
29. Mr. Niall Collins niall.collins@oireachtas.ie
30. Ms. Margaret Conlon margaret.conlon@oireachtas.ie
31. Mr. Paul Connaughton paul.connaughton@oireachtas.ie
32. Mr. Sean Connick sean.connick@oireachtas.ie
33. Mr. Noel J Coonan noel.coonan@oireachtas.ie
34. Mr. Joe Costello joe.costello@oireachtas.ie
35. Ms. Mary Coughlan mary.coughlan@oireachtas.ie
36. Mr. Simon Coveney simon.coveney@oireachtas.ie
37. Mr. Brian Cowen taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie
38. Mr. Seymour Crawford seymour.crawford@oireachtas.ie
39. Mr. Michael Creed michael.creed@oireachtas.ie
40. Mr. John Cregan john.cregan@oireachtas.ie
41. Ms. Lucinda Creighton lucinda.creighton@oireachtas.i e
42. Mr. Ciaran Cuffe ciaran.cuffe@oireachtas.ie
43. Mr. Martin Cullen martin.cullen@oireachtas.ie
44. Mr. John Curran john.curran@oireachtas.ie
45. Mr. Michael W. D'Arcy michael.darcy@oireachtas.ie
46. Mr. John Deasy john.deasy@oireachtas.ie
47. Mr. Jimmy Deenihan jimmy.deenihan@oireachtas.ie
48. Mr. Noel Dempsey noel.dempsey@oireachtas.ie
49. Mr. Jimmy Devins jimmy.devins@oireachtas.ie
50. Mr. Timmy Dooley timmy.dooley@oireachtas.ie
51. Mr. Andrew Doyle andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie
52. Mr. Bernard Durkan bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie
53. Mr. Damien English damien.english@oireachtas.ie
54. Ms. Olwyn Enright olwyn.enright@oireachtas.ie
55. Mr. Frank Fahey frank.fahey@oireachtas.ie
56. Mr. Frank Feighan frank.feighan@oireachtas.ie
57. Mr. Martin Ferris martin.ferris@oireachtas.ie
58. Mr. Michael Finneran michael.finneran@oireachtas.ie
59. Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick michael.fitzpatrick@oireachtas .ie
60. Mr. Charles Flanagan charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie
61. Mr. Terence Flanagan terence.flanagan@oireachtas.ie
62. Mr. Sean Fleming sean.fleming@oireachtas.ie
63. Ms. Beverley Flynn beverley.flynn@oireachtas.ie
64. Mr. Eamon Gilmore eamon.gilmore@oireachtas.ie
65. Mr. Paul Nicholas Gogarty paul.gogarty@oireachtas.ie
66. Mr. John Gormley john.gormley@oireachtas.ie
67. Mr. Noel Grealish noel.grealish@oireachtas.ie
68. Ms. Mary Hanafin mary.hanafin@oireachtas.ie
69. Ms. Mary Harney mary.harney@oireachtas.ie
70. Mr. Sean Haughey sean.haughey@oireachtas.ie
71. Mr. Brian Hayes brian.hayes@oireachtas.ie
72. Mr. Tom Hayes tom.hayes@oireachtas.ie
73. Mr. Jackie Healy-Rae Jackie.Healy.Rae@oireachtas.ie
74. Mr. Michael D. Higgins michael.higgins@oireachtas.ie
75. Ms. Máire Hoctor maire.hoctor@oireachtas.ie
76. Mr. Phil Hogan philip.hogan@oireachtas.ie
77. Mr. Brendan Howlin brendan.howlin@oireachtas.ie
78. Mr. Paul Kehoe paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie
79. Mr. Billy Kelleher billy.kelleher@oireachtas.ie
80. Mr. Peter Kelly peter.kelly@oireachtas.ie
81. Mr. Brendan Kenneally brendan.kenneally@oireachtas.i e
82. Mr. Michael Kennedy michael.kennedy@oireachtas.ie
83. Mr. Enda Kenny enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie
84. Mr. Tony Killeen tony.killeen@oireachtas.ie
85. Mr. Séamus Kirk seamus.kirk@oireachtas.ie
86. Mr. Michael P. Kitt michael.kitt@oireachtas.ie
87. Mr. Tom Kitt tom.kitt@oireachtas.ie
88. Mr. Brian Joseph Lenihan brian.lenihan@oireachtas.ie
89. Mr. Conor Lenihan conor.lenihan@oireachtas.ie
90. Mr. Michael Lowry michael.lowry@oireachtas.ie
91. Ms. Kathleen Lynch kathleen.lynch@oireachtas.ie
92. Mr. Ciarán Lynch ciaran.lynch@oireachtas.ie
93. Dr. Martin Mansergh martin.mansergh@oireachtas.ie
94. Mr. Micheál Martin micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie
95. Mr. Pádraic McCormack padraic.mccormack@oireachtas.i e
96. Dr. James McDaid jim.mcdaid@oireachtas.ie
97. Mr. Thomas McEllistrim tom.mcellistrim@oireachtas.ie
98. Mr. Shane McEntee shane.mcentee@oireachtas.ie
99. Mr. Dinny McGinley dinny.mcginley@oireachtas.ie
100. Mr. Mattie McGrath mattie.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
101. Mr. Michael McGrath michael.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
102. Mr. Finian McGrath finian.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
103. Mr. John McGuinness john.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie
104. Mr. Joe McHugh joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie
105. Ms. Liz McManus liz.mcmanus@oireachtas.ie
106. Ms. Olivia Mitchell olivia.mitchell@oireachtas.ie
107. Mr. John Anthony Moloney john.moloney@oireachtas.ie
108. Mr. Arthur Morgan arthur.morgan@oireachtas.ie
109. Mr. Michael Moynihan michael.moynihan@oireachtas.ie
110. Mr. Michael Mulcahy michael.mulcahy@oireachtas.ie
111. Mr. Denis Naughten denis.naughten@oireachtas.ie
112. Mr. Dan Neville daniel.neville@oireachtas.ie
113. Mr. M. J. Nolan mj.nolan@oireachtas.ie
114. Mr. Michael Noonan michael.noonan@oireachtas.ie
115. Mr. Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin caoimhghin.ocaolain@oireachtas .ie
116. Mr. Éamon Ó Cuív eamon.ocuiv@oireachtas.ie
117. Mr. Seán Ó Fearghaíl sean.ofearghail@oireachtas.ie
118. Mr. Aengus Ó Snodaigh aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie
119. Mr. Darragh O'Brien darragh.obrien@oireachtas.ie
120. Mr. Charlie O'Connor charlie.oconnor@oireachtas.ie
121. Mr. Willie O'Dea willie.odea@oireachtas.ie
122. Mr. Kieran O'Donnell kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie
123. Mr. John O'Donoghue john.odonoghue@oireachtas.ie
124. Mr. Fergus O'Dowd fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie
125. Mr. Noel O'Flynn noel.oflynn@oireachtas.ie
126. Dr. Rory O'Hanlon rory.ohanlon@oireachtas.ie
127. Mr. Batt O'Keeffe batt.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie
128. Mr. Jim O'Keeffe jim.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie
129. Mr. Edward O'Keeffe ned.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie
130. Mr. John O'Mahony john.omahony@oireachtas.ie
131. Ms. Mary O'Rourke mary.orourke@Oireachtas.ie
132. Mr. Brian O'Shea brian.oshea@oireachtas.ie
133. Mr. Christy O'Sullivan christy.osullivan@oireachtas.i e
134. Ms. Jan O'Sullivan jan.osullivan@oireachtas.ie
135. Ms. Maureen O’Sullivan maureen.osullivan@oireachtas.i e
136. Mr. Willie Penrose willie.penrose@oireachtas.ie
137. Mr. John Perry john.perry@oireachtas.ie
138. Mr. Seán Power sean.power@oireachtas.ie
139. Mr. Peter Power peter.power@oireachtas.ie
140. Mr. Ruairí Quinn ruairi.quinn@oireachtas.ie
141. Mr. Pat Rabbitte pat.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie
142. Dr. James Reilly james.reilly@oireachtas.ie
143. Mr. Michael Ring michael.ring@oireachtas.ie
144. Mr. Dick Roche dick.roche@oireachtas.ie
145. Mr. Eamon Ryan eamon.ryan@oireachtas.ie
146. Mr. Trevor Sargent trevor.sargent@oireachtas.ie
147. Mr. Eamon Scanlon eamon.scanlon@oireachtas.ie
148. Mr. Alan Shatter alan.shatter@oireachtas.ie
149. Mr. Tom Sheahan tom.sheahan@oireachtas.ie
150. Mr. P. J. Sheehan pj.sheehan@oireachtas.ie
151. Mr. Sean Sherlock sean.sherlock@oireachtas.ie
152. Ms. Róisín Shortall roisin.shortall@oireachtas.ie
153. Mr. Brendan Smith brendan.smith@oireachtas.ie
154. Mr. Emmet Stagg emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie
155. Mr. David Stanton david.stanton@oireachtas.ie
156. Mr. Billy Godfrey Timmins billy.timmins@oireachtas.ie
157. Mr. Noel Treacy noel.treacy@oireachtas.ie
158. Ms. Joanna Tuffy joanna.tuffy@oireachtas.ie
159. Dr. Mary Upton mary.upton@oireachtas.ie
160. Mr. Leo Varadkar leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie
161. Mr. Jack Wall jack.wall@oireachtas.ie
162. Ms. Mary Wallace mary.wallace@oireachtas.ie
163. Ms. Mary Alexandra White marya.white@oireachtas.ie
164. Dr. Michael J. Woods michael.woods@oireachtas.ie

Alternatively go to https://www.oireachtas.ie , then click on ‘Members’ and then click on ‘Members Database’. You can then access some information on every current TD, usually including a constituency address. Also on the Oireachtas website, you can click on ‘Members’ and then on ‘Members’ Websites’ – almost all TDs and most Senators have a personal website which has more detailed contact information.

Nice post man k+


Please – don’t be tempted to send an email to multiple TDs or Senators. Each of them will regard it as junk mail. If you want to email more than one person, email each of them separately and individually.

^ very true, I sent a bunch of mails to my local idiots concerning a not canna matter, not 1 has bothered to reply.

ill give it a go

also how do we have 164 of these guys, seems like overkill.

Originally Posted by tonto

ill give it a go

also how do we have 164 of these guys, seems like overkill.

Feel free to bump a few off