Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism

Lobbying Organisation Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism

Date published 19 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Insurance reform

Intended results To highlight the insurance issue on behalf of IAAT (Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism) members and the adventure activity tourism sector in general

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brendan Kenny, CEO, Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism (IAAT)

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)

IAAT CEO Brendan Kenny and Board members (Rob Rankin, Colin Wolfe and Keith McDonnell) met with Minister Michael D'Arcy and his officials to discuss the extent to which the insurance crisis is impacting on the Adventure Activity tourism sector, and to understand measures being taken to implement reform. The meeting took place at the Dept of Finance on 14th May 2019

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 D'Arcy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)