The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Date published 21 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Knowledge Transfer (KT) Rural Development Programme

Intended results Changes to KT Programme - farmers eligibility for 2 Knowledge Transfer Groups, Eligibility of more than one payment for farmers in partnerships who participate in KT groups

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eddie Downey IFA President

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)

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.

James Bannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Barry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Halligan Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Jerry Buttimer TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paudie Coffey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Áine Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Conlan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Connaughton Jr. TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel J. Coonan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Creed TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Deasy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jimmy Deenihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Deering TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Andrew Doyle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Damien English TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Harrington TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Hayes TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anthony Lawlor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gabrielle McFadden TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dinny McGinley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McLoughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michelle Mulherin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dan Neville TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kieran O'Donnell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick O'Donovan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John O'Mahony TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Perry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Ring TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Liam Twomey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)