Olympic Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Olympic Federation of Ireland

Date published 15 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Introduction meeting with Minister of State, Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport & Olympic Council of Ireland

Intended results To continue good working relationships between both organisations.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Keane, President Olympic Council of 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.

Meeting (1)

We had a courtesy visit to OCI HQ from the Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan and Sport Ireland Chairman, Kieran Mulvey and CEO John Treacy. Also in attendance were the Secretary General Graham Doyle and Assistant Secretary, Ken Spratt. Maev Nic Lochlainn P.O. Sports Policy and National Sports Campus. Present from OCI were President, Sarah Keane, 1st Vice President, Colm Barrington, Honorary General Secretary, Sarah O'Shea and the Sports Director of OCI joined the meeting at the end. The meeting was an introductory meeting as a result of the newly elected Board at the February 2017 OCI Elections. "

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.

Kieran Mulvey Chief Executive Officer (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Ken Spratt Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)