Keating & Associates

Lobbying Organisation Keating & Associates

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details 3. Meetings, networking and lobbying for action on finfish aquaculture licencing amendments, update and change at Norwegian Ambassador’s first aquaculture dialogue – independent report published in May 2017, action urgently needed

Intended results Continued and sustained effort to have the recommendations of the report of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review Group which relate to finfish, implemented

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jan Feenstra, Catherine McManus, Seán Perry

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.

Meeting (1)

Attendance at "aquaculture dialogue" facilitated by Her Excellency, the Norwegian Ambassador to Ireland. Discussion, debate followed by dinner and Q&A session

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.

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rose Conway-Walsh Senator (Seanad)