KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD (KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD)

Lobbying Organisation KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details COVID-19 poses a huge threat to the Irish fishing industry - both health and financial. It is essential that legislation to ensure funding to protest fishermen and the viability of the fishing industry (catching, processing, supply chain domestic and export) to put in place and maintained for the duration of the pandemic

Intended results Necessary funding is put in place by government to protect the health and financial security of all sectors in the Irish fishing industry

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean o'Donoghue, CEO, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd

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.

Email (6-10)

Appealing to local and national representatives to urge the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put necessary legislation in place as soon as possible to protect the health and financial security of fishermen and the fishing industry from the immediate and longer term effects of COVID-19

Phone call (11-20)

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)

Cecil Beamish Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh Minister (Department of Education and Skills)