Our Partners

All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2026-2030 Partners

The AIPP 2026-2030 is supported by 130 partner organisations (at time of publishing), who have agreed to over 280 individual actions. This includes 32 new organisations who have joined for the third phase. In addition to agreeing to support the work package of relevance to them, each partner organisation has committed to individual actions. These can be viewed below. All 42 Councils across the island have also formally signed up to partner with the AIPP and agreed to take actions to support pollinators on the public land they manage. 

Link to partner agreements 2026-2030

New partner organisations can join the AIPP 2026-2030 at any stage over the course of the Plan. Contact [email protected] 

 

Funding partners

The AIPP 2026-2030 is supported through funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine; the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Fund; and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Implementation of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is coordinated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2026-2030 partners

Partners are listed by the work package they have agreed to support. *new partner organisation for 2026-2030 phase.

 

Protecting Farmland Pollinators

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
  • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
  • College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)
  • FarmBioNet*
  • Farming for Nature*
  • Hedgerows Ireland*
  • Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)*
  • Irish Organic Association (IOA)
  • Organic Trust
  • Teagasc
  • Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU)

 

Local Authorities and Public Bodies

Councils:

  • Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
  • Ards and North Down Borough Council
  • Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
  • Belfast City Council
  • Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
  • Carlow County Council
  • Cavan County Council
  • Clare County Council
  • Cork City Council
  • Cork County Council
  • Derry City and Strabane District Council
  • Donegal County Council
  • Dublin City Council
  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
  • Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
  • Fingal County Council
  • Galway City Council
  • Galway County Council
  • Kerry County Council
  • Kildare County Council
  • Kilkenny County Council
  • Laois County Council
  • Leitrim County Council
  • Limerick City and County Council
  • Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
  • Longford County Council
  • Louth County Council
  • Mayo County Council
  • Meath County Council
  • Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
  • Mid Ulster District Council
  • Monaghan County Council
  • Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
  • Offaly County Council
  • Roscommon County Council
  • Sligo County Council
  • South Dublin County Council
  • Tipperary County Council
  • Waterford City and County Council
  • Wexford County Council
  • Westmeath County Council
  • Wicklow County Council

Other partners:

  • Department of Education and Youth*
  • The Heritage Council
  • Courts Service
  • Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Green-Campus Ireland
  • Housing Executive Northern Ireland*
  • Land Development Agency*
  • National Museums Northern Ireland*
  • Office of Public Works (OPW)
  • State Examinations Commission*
  • An Post (semi-state)*
  • BnM (semi-state)

 

Transport Authorities and Utility Companies

  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
  • Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland (DfI)
  • Iarnród Éireann (IE)
  • Translink
  • Waterways Ireland
  • National Transport Authority (NTA)*
  • DAA*
  • Shannon Airport Group*
  • EirGrid*
  • Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
  • Gas Networks Ireland (GNI)
  • Northern Ireland Water
  • Uisce Éireann

 

Buzzing Communities

  • An Taisce
  • British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Northern Ireland*
  • Community Gardens Ireland (CGI)
  • Dark Sky Ireland*
  • Eco-Congregation Ireland
  • GAA
  • GIY
  • Green-Schools
  • Heritage in Schools*
  • Irish Men’s Sheds Association*
  • Irish Schools Sustainability Network (ISSN)*
  • Irish Seed Savers*
  • Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT)
  • Live Here Love Here
  • National Federation of Group Water Schemes (NFGWS)
  • The Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland*
  • Tidy Towns Unit

 

Encouraging Businesses to protect pollinators

  • Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI)
  • Business in the Community Northern Ireland (BITCNI)*
  • Business for Biodiversity Ireland (BFBI)
  • Association of Landscape Contractors of Ireland (ALCI)*
  • Bord Bia Origin Green
  • Chambers Ireland*
  • Fáilte Ireland*
  • Irish Green Building Council (IGBC)*
  • Mineral Products Association Northern Ireland (MPANI)*
  • Sustainable Tourism Network*

 

Pollinators on the Edge – restoring rare species

  • National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
  • BirdWatch Ireland
  • Buglife
  • Butterfly Conservation Northern Ireland
  • Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)*
  • National Trust
  • Native Woodland Trust*
  • Ulster Wildlife*
  • Wexford Naturalists’ Field Club (WNFC)*

 

Monitoring the Status of Pollinators

  • National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC)
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
  • Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (CEDaR)
  • National Museum of Ireland (Natural History)

 

Irish Pollinator Research Network

  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Maynooth University
  • National Biodiversity Data Centre
  • Teagasc Research
  • University College Cork
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Galway

 

Beekeeing Associations

  • Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations (FIBKA)
  • Irish Beekeepers’ Association CLG (IBA CLG)
  • Native Irish Honey Bee Society (NIHBS)
  • Ulster Beekeepers’ Association (UBKA)