Cork Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Cork Chamber

Date published 13 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Cork Chamber letter to the Taoiseach to encourage allocation of significant public funding for major infrastructural projects in Cork

Intended results To prioritise the allocation of major government funding to progress projects such as Cork light rail, the Cork-Limerick motorway, the Ringaskiddy motorway, and regional housing development.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Conor Healy

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 (1)

A letter sent on January 29 congratulating the Taoiseach on his establishment of a new government and encouraging him to allocate funding to deliver major infrastructural projects in Cork in the coming years.

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.

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)