The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd

Lobbying Organisation The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd

Date published 09 Jul, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details FCI Supporting the need to strategically plan the longer term issues of the Fodder Crisis through proposals for management of agricultural diesel costs

Intended results To provide practical solutions to the pending fodder crisis for Irish farming

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Richard White

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.

Email (1)

FCI is providing support to manage this potential autumn and winter 2018 forage crisis with two Government initiative options that would make the silage harvest more cost effective to Irish farmers.

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)

Michael Creed TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Andrew Doyle Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Andrew Doyle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)