Waterford Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Waterford Chamber of Commerce

Date published 18 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Pre-Election Debate with Waterford Constituency General Election 2016 Candidates

Intended results To facilitate discussion between Waterford business community and Waterford Constituency General Election 2016 candidates

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nick Donnelly, CEO

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)

Pre-Election Debate was held at Theatre Royal, Waterford on 28th January 2016

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.

Paudie Coffey Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

David Cullinane Senator (Seanad)

John Halligan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciara Conway TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)