Veon Limited

Lobbying Organisation Veon Limited

Date published 13 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Implementation of programme procedures

Intended results Improvement in procedures to enable better performance of the forestry programme

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Trevor McHugh

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 (1)

Discussion around identified procedural problems that are leading to delays within the forestry programme which ultimately reduce the effectiveness and successful uptake of the forestry programme by landowners. This was backed up by an example the details of which were provided.

Informal communication (1)

On request, a short message was sent providing specific sample details of procedural issues identified.

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.

Paul Dillon Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)