Restaurants Association of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Restaurants Association of Ireland

Date published 17 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Briefing of the Fianna Fail Parliamentary Party

Intended results Briefed party members re need to reinstate EWSS at previous rate and extend & in light of public health advice not to socialise the need for access to CRSS or bespoke hospitality support

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Adrian Cummins

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

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.

Catherine Ardagh Senator (Seanad)

Niall Blaney Senator (Seanad)

Malcolm Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Pat Casey Senator (Seanad)

Shane Cassells Senator (Seanad)

Lisa Chambers Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)

Paul Daly Senator (Seanad)

Aidan Davitt Senator (Seanad)

Timmy Dooley Senator (Seanad)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)

Gerry Horkan Senator (Seanad)

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)

Eugene Murphy Senator (Seanad)

Denis O'Donovan Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Ned O'Sullivan Senator (Seanad)

Diarmuid Wilson Senator (Seanad)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Niall Collins Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Barry Cowen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Willie O'Dea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niamh Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)