Irish Sailing Foundation (ISF) (Irish Sailing Foundation )

Lobbying Organisation Irish Sailing Foundation (ISF)

Date published 18 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Lobbying for government funding of new High Performance Centre in Dun Laoghaire

Intended results Inviting relevant ministers to World Championships hospitality

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine Tempany

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.

Event / Reception (2-5)

Invitation to Opening Ceremony and closing Ceremony of ILCA 6 & ILCA 7 World Championships and also to on-the -water race viewing hosted by Irish Sailing Foundation

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.

Patrick O’Donovan Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Timmy Dooley Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Charlie McConalogue Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Frank Curran Chief Executive Officer (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Paul Kennedy Acting Director of Service (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)