KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD (KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD)

Lobbying Organisation KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details The application of Penalty Points for fishing regulations infringements

Intended results To ensure proposed penalty points are awarded appropriately and in line with the Irish judicial system To ensure that where penalty points are awarded in advance of a court ruling in the plaintiffs favour i.e. a Not Guilty verdict in a court, those penalty points will be removed from the relevant licence.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean O'Donoghue, CEO, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd

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.

Phone call (2-5)

To ensure the application of penalty points were awarded in line with the Irish judicial system and removed if the plaintiff was subsequently found not guilty

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.

Pat the Cope Gallagher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)