Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators (ALTO) Limited (ALTO)

Lobbying Organisation Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators (ALTO) Limited

Date published 25 Jun, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Letter to Minister Naughten, Mark Griffin (Secretary General) and Ciarán Ó'hObáin (Assistant Secretary) at Department - ComReg Resources, Powers and Commissioner Vacancies

Intended results Request to Minister to execute process for hiring new Commissioners per Article 15 of the Communications Act, 2002. Request for consideration of ALTO positions placed in evidence at Oireachtas concerning Resources and Powers at ComReg.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ronan Lupton

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 to Minister in pdf attached to email copied to Secretary General and Assistant Secretary at DCCAE together with Minister's officials. ALTO addresses three issues in this correspondence: (1) ComReg Resourcing; (2) ComReg Powers and (3) Commissioner Vacancies.

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.

Ciarán Ó hÓbáin Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ross Elwood Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Suzanne Coogan Special Advisor (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)