The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Date published 20 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details IFA/FCStone conference on Making Risk Management Work for Farmers

Intended results Participation of either Department of Agriculture General Secretary Aidan O'Driscoll or Assistant Secretary Brendan Gleeson to IFA conference

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine Lascurettes, Dairy Executive

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)

Email to outline the programme of the conference and requesting the active participation of the General SEcretary as a speaker and session chairman. Email back from GS office stating Brendan Gleeson would deputise for this purpose Email to Brendan Gleeson to thank him for accepting to participate in our conference with conference programme appended.

Phone call (2-5)

Phone calls to discuss with Brendan Gleeson the programme of the conference and what would be expected of him on the day.

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.

Aidan O'Driscoll Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Brendan Gleeson Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)