Horse Sport Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Sport Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Formal submission of the Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) Budget 2021 and the National Economic Plan by the CEO Ronan Murphy

Intended results Horse Sport Ireland concentrated its efforts into creating a sustainable funding model for Horse Sport Ireland by applying for additional funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ronan Murphy (CEO of Horse Sport Ireland)

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.

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Ronan Murphy the CEO of Horse Sport Ireland formally submitted the HSI Budget 2021 and the Economic Plan on 24th August 2020. This submission was accompanied with a cover letter outlining the importance of the horse sport industry to the Irish economy. The HSI Budget 2021 and the National Economic Plan contains the following information: A summary of the importance of the sport horse industry to the rural economy of Ireland. Summary of the additional funding required by HSI for the development of the industry. How the HSI plan to use this additional funding as part of the economic plan. How this additional funding will improve the sport horse industry and the rural economy of Ireland.

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 Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)