The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd

Date published 18 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details ICOS conceerns at EU Commission proposal to intoduce manditory contracts for co-operatives under the Unfair Trading Practice proposals and the change to Common Market Organisation CMO

Intended results To provide information regarding ICOS position

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Damien O'Reilly

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.

Informal communication (1)

Met iformally with Martin Heydon at an event and mentioned ICOS concerns about CMO legislation ahead of Council of Ministers meeting

Social Media (1)

Issued Minister Heydon with a text of the ICOS position on CMO which he requested.

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)