Irish Equine Centre

Lobbying Organisation Irish Equine Centre

Date published 25 Oct, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Application to the Minister of Agriculture for funding for the redevelopment of an Equine Health Campus at the site of the Irish Equine Centre.

Intended results Commitment from DAFM for funding towards the cost of the capital development project.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah McNicholas

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.

Submission (1)

A written submission was submitted to the Minister for Agriculture on the 16th July 2019. The document contained a cost benefit analysis of the proposed development project, a seven year business plan and initial development drawings and plans. This submission was a revised version of an earlier submission submitted in 2018.

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 Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)