Screen Guilds of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Screen Guilds of Ireland

Date published 04 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Arts

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details We made contact with various politicians to inform them on the film industry, with regard to the Committee on Culture’s Oíreachtas meetings and subsequent outcome.

Intended results The education of politicians about our industry. A lack of misinformation on the record by politicians who have been misinformed previously.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Elizabeth Brennan

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 (2-5)

Letters were sent to various Public Officials from our Committee as a whole regarding the above Policy Matter.

Meeting (1)

Four committee members met with Richard Boyd Barrett to discuss to inform him about our industry.

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.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niamh Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maura Hopkins Senator (Seanad)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fintan Warfield Senator (Seanad)

Marie-Louise O'Donnell Senator (Seanad)