Screen Producers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Screen Producers Ireland

Date published 19 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Arts

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details TV Licence Fee reform in advance of a Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment report on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting

Intended results The Committee members to acknowledge and consider SPI reform proposals as part their report preparation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Anthony Muldoon

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

John Gormley (Former DPO) Minister (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

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 (11-20)

Anthony emailed a briefing document to every member of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment to inform them of SPI's policy on TV Licence Fee reform

Meeting (2-5)

John met with Eamon Ryan TD, Francis Fitzgerald TD and Timmy Dooley TD to discuss the proposed reforms of the TV Licence Fee

Phone call (1)

John spoke with Brid Smith TD on the phone about the proposed TV Licence Fee reforms

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.

Frances Fitzgerald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Terry Leyden Senator (Seanad)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

Michael McDowell Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)