Dublin City Business Improvement District T/A DublinTown

Lobbying Organisation Dublin City Business Improvement District T/A DublinTown

Date published 19 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Request for changes to traffic flow to assist egress from city car parks.

Intended results To assist customers in leaving the city from the north city car parks

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Richard Guiney

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 (2-5)

2 emails were sent to Dublin City Council and 2 e-mails were sent to elected members of the Council were asked to consider specific changes to traffic layout to assist making the exit from the city more efficient from the city's northern car parks. A meeting was also held with Dublin City Council officials. In addition, in order to achieve better outcomes for the pedestrianisation of Capel Street a request was made to assist with morning deliveries and evening waste collection from the street.

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.

Owen Keegan CEO (Dublin City Council)

Brendan O’Brien Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)