Shannon Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Shannon Chamber

Date published 21 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Commercial Rates

Intended results Alleviation of rates burden on businesses in the Shannon area

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber

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)

Letter to Minister Donohoe re commercial rates acting as a barrier to some aviation-related activity, most notably MRO and requesting the Minister to discuss this issue with Minister Noonon as Minister for Finance.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)