Bookselling Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Bookselling Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Budget Submission

Intended results To highlight areas of concern to Bookselling Ireland members which could be addressed in Budget 2024

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dawn Behan, Chair of Bookselling Ireland

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Submission (1)

A printed submission containing details of Bookselling Ireland's was delivered to the Department of Public Expenditure on 19th of July 2023. The proposals included: the introduction of Culture Vouchers; extension of Night Time Economy Support Scheme; improvements for school book procurement processes; ringfencing for discretionary funding for libraries; commercial rate relief for bookshops; introduction of short-term solutions for housing crisis.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Finance)