Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Representations to Government in support of the urban agenda.

Intended results To advance the urban agenda as outlined in the City Regions Ireland launch document: http://www.dublinchamber.ie/DublinChamberofCommerce/media/banners/City-Regions-Ireland-28-11-18.pdf To encourage collaboration between city regions and promote awareness of international models, e.g. that of the Scottish Cities Alliance. To encourage timely roll-out of urban regeneration funding.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aebhric McGibney, Director of Public & International Affairs

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.

Meeting (1)

A meeting was held with DPOs to encourage learning from the Scottish model of inter-city collaboration.

Email (6-10)

Emails were exchanged with DPOs in relation to the issues discussed at the abovementioned meeting.

Informal communication (1)

Informal communication took place with a DPO in relation to the roll-out of urban funding.

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.

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)