Screen Producers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Screen Producers Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Future funding of public service broadcasting

Intended results TV Licence Fee Reform

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Elaine Geraghty

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.

Letter (1)

To set out SPI's clear TV Licence Fee reform policy recommendations which are: • Cap the Licence Fee and collect all the money that is owed. • Appoint Revenue as the collection agent. • Reform the TV Licence Fee to make it non-device dependent.

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.

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)