Licensed Vintners Association

Lobbying Organisation Licensed Vintners Association

Date published 16 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Good Friday Licensed Trading Hours

Intended results Amendment of licensing law to permit licensed trading on Good Friday from Good Friday 2018

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donall O'Keeffe CEO

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 (2-5)

emails pressing for enactment of Good Friday Bill in time to allow trading on Good Friday 2018

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.

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Joe McHugh Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)

Brendan Griffin Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)