Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

Date published 07 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Budget Submission

Intended results The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association was lobbying on our budget submission which was seeking to get tax incentives for breeders in Budget 2020

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Christy Grassick, Chairman Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Patrick O'Donovan (Former DPO) Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

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

Michael McGrath (Former DPO) TD (Department of Finance)

Paul Daly (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

Barry Cowen (Former DPO) TD (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Martin Heydon (Former DPO) TD (Department of the Taoiseach)

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 (2-5)

The association had two meetings in September prior to Budget 2020 to discuss the content of our Budget Submission 2020 , supporting the Irish Rural Breeder. The first meeting took place on 18th September with Fianna Fail TD's Michael McGrath and Barry Cowen. Attending on behalf of the ITBA were Christy Grassick, Derek Iceton and John McEnery accompanied by Sasha Kerins from Grant Thornton. The same delegation met with Minister Patrick O'Donovan on 25th September to discuss the same topic. Correspondence on the subject took place with Minister for Finance Pascal Donohoe, Deputy Martin Heydon and Senator Paul Daly

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)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Barry Cowen TD (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Paul Daly Senator (Seanad)

Martin Heydon TD (Department of the Taoiseach)

Michael Mcgrath TD (Department of Finance)