Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Meeting with Minister of Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure to discuss the Chambers Ireland submission for the forthcoming budget.

Intended results Awareness of the Chambers Ireland budget submission particularly the main themes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Toni Forrester, CEO Letterkenny Chamber

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)

Meeting on line on Thursday 25th August with Chambers from around the country. Chambers Ireland briefed the Ministers on our main priorities and the ministers made responses. There followed a round table discussion.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)