Clare Public Participation Network

Lobbying Organisation Clare Public Participation Network

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Lobbying in support of campaign to maintain Clare Accesible Transport in Clare. Clare PPN shared and promoted a petition by member group Clare Bus which was directed to the Minister for Tourism Transport and Sport Shane Ross and to Anne Graham the CEO of the National Transport Authority

Intended results This campaign attempted to draw attention to and hopefully reverse a decision made by the NTA to award the contract to manage the Clare Bus Service to a Limerick based contractor

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Ferrgian

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? 'Please sign this petition to help keep Clare Bus in Clare'

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (6-10)

Clare PPN circulated by email and via social media a petition on website UPLIFT calling for Clare Bus to be maintained in Clare. Whilst this petition was delivered to Minister Shane Ross, Clare PPN was not part of that process. https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/keep-clare-bus-in-clare Clare PPN sent emails about this to its member groups using its salesforce database.

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.

Shane Ross Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)