Galway City Business Association

Lobbying Organisation Galway City Business Association

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Sought assistance with traffic congestion during busy Christmas period.

Intended results Support for the provision of Garda at key city junctions during the Christmas period Support from the Galway Transport Unit to ease traffic congestion during the busy Christmas period.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cormac McGuckian

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

Mass communications

Email All Councillors Letter sent by email to all Galway City Councillors, Galway Transport Unit & Galway City Council seeking support for an escalated traffic plan for the busy Christmas period

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Emailed reply to Cllr. Declan McDonnell re GCBA's submission seeking support for traffic congestion over the busy Christmas period.

Email (2-5)

Email correspondence with Uinsinn Finn regarding action being taken to relieve traffic congestion over the busy Christmas period

Informal communication (1)

Peter Keane confirmed his support of the GCBA's request for additional resources to relief traffic congestion in the lead up to Christmas

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.

Brendan McGrath CEO (Galway City Council)

Peter Keane Councillor (Galway City Council)

Declan McDonnell Councillor (Galway City Council)