Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport

Lobbying Organisation Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details COVID-19 Resilience Fund

Intended results COVID-19 funding support for the Sport and Physical Activity sector

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary O'Connor

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.

Phone call (2-5)

Deputy Joe O'Brien Green Party & Marc McSharry Finna Fail on the 18th May 2020 to discuss the impact on the Sports Sector and need for support. Follow up call with Deputy Joe O'Brien Green Party on the 25th May 2020

Email (2-5)

Marc McSharry Finna Fail, 4th June 2020 Deputy Joe O'Brien Green Party, 5th June 2020 Deputy Joe O'Brien Green Party, 11th June 2020 Emails sent requesting a response to the call for a resilience fund and also to receive clarity on a number of queries around the formulation of the sports recovery action plan

Meeting (1)

Minister Chambers, 7th August 2020 in the Irish Sports HQ

Meeting (2-5)

Covid-19 Sport Monitoring Group Meetings Brendan Griffin - 27th March, April 15th, May 8th, June 9th Shane Ross June - 25th

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.

Shane Ross Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

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

Jack Chambers Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Joe O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)