Cork Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Cork Chamber

Date published 15 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Meeting between members of Cork Chamber and Minister Jack Chambers to discuss opportunities and challenges in ORE and energy

Intended results To seek Minister Chamber's support to accelerate the staging of the ORE auctions To outline to Minister Chambers the challenges within the ORE sector in long-term planning due to the uncertainty over the designation of future DMAPs, routes to market, and auction timelines To ask for the Minister's support in the upcoming NDP review and through his role as Minister for Public Expenditure to accelerate the rollout of ORE in Ireland in the coming decades as a priority

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Conor Healy

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)

A meeting between Conor Healy, CEO of Cork Chamber, Jack Chambers, the Minister for Public Expenditure, and members of Cork Chamber, the Cork Development Forum, and staff from the department at the department on May 14 to discuss energy policy, challenges and opportunities.

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.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Shane Smyth Adviser to Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)