Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Beef and Lamb Association

Date published 14 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Policy changes on certain regulations

Intended results Ram genotyping by farmers for new scheme. Low emission Slurry spreading facilities. Bord bia misleading logo

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kieran Delaney IBLA and Patrick Rooney IBLA

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.

Meeting (1)

Mr Kieran Delaney IBLA and Mr Patrick Rooney IBLA met with Martin Heydon TD at the ploughing Championships in Sept ‘23 and they raised the point asking the Dept to allow a farmer to genotype his own rams. They also proposed using the swivel spout slurry spread as a low emissions option. They also raised the point of the bord bia logo for Irish produce having similarities to the logo for non Irish food products.

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.

Martin Heydon Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)