Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Date published 13 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Requesting appointment of ISPCA Director to the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council

Intended results Appointment of ISPCA Director to Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Andrew Kelly, Chief Executive Officer

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.

Letter (1)

Letter requesting the appointment of ISPCA Director to Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council to address the imbalance between industry and animal welfare representatives on the Council.

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.

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)