This submission is made on behalf of the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), an umbrella of 25 of Irelands leading eNGOs, national and regional, working together to protect and enhance Irelands water environment, through participation in the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and other water-related policy and legislation.
SWN
Sustainable Water Network
NGO · Ireland · EU Transparency Register 296970651291-01
3
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #261 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2023
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Environmental Bureau →
- Seas at Risk →
- The River Restoration Centre
- Irish Ocean Literacy Network
- The Wheel
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) CLG (SWAN)
- Head office
- Dublin, Ireland
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Sustainable Water Network filed 3 positions between 17 May 2024 and 9 Mar 2026, across 3 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2024 · 1 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
1. Objective of the Nitrates Directive It is important, when considering potential changes to the rules governing nitrates, that the context must be the primary objectives of the Nitrates Directive of reducing water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources and .. preventing further such pollution.
This submission is made on behalf of the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), an umbrella of 25 of Irelands leading environmental NGOs, national and regional, working together to protect and enhance Irelands water environment, through participation in the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and other water-related policy and legislation.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- WWF European Policy Office · 3 files in common
- Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e. V. · 3 files in common
- Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación · 3 files in common
- IDEE ECONOMICHE www.idee-economiche.it · 2 files in common
- Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti · 2 files in common
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