Leitrim Integrated Developemnt Company CLG

Lobbying Organisation Leitrim Integrated Developemnt Company CLG

Date published 30 Apr, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details A request was sent to the Minister For Agriculture Food Fisheries and the Marine Martin Heydon T.D. to meet with reps of LDC and the social farming Ireland network to talk about the project and to inform the new Minister about Social Farming

Intended results To meet with the Minister and hopefully have him visit a social farm and lean more about the project and what we and social framers do in and through the project thet DAFFM fund.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Smyth

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.

Email (1)

Sent email to Minister and Dept staff and met her and discussed the social farming project with her and the need for funding

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 (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)