Horse Sport Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Sport Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) and the Federation of Irish Sports had a conference call with Minister Griffin TD to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the sporting National Governing Bodies (NGBs). The Minister was asked by HSI if he would consider a mechanism to allow NGBs to submit their return to sport protocols, which could be reviewed by the National Pandemic Health Emergency Team (NPHET) and the relevant Government bodies.

Intended results To allow NGBs to submit their return to sport protocols for review by NPHET and the relevant Government bodies.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ronan Murphy, Horse Sport Ireland 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.

Conference Call (1)

The conference call was held on 15th April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 impact on the Irish Sport Horse sector and equestrian activities.

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.

Brendan Griffin Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)