Glanbia plc

Lobbying Organisation Glanbia plc

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan. 2020 to 30 Apr. 2020

Specific Details Glanbia Ireland CEO Jim Bergin participated in a series of meetings organised by Dairy Industry Ireland (DII) with the Minister for Agriculture and his officials.

Intended results Inform the Government of the challenges facing the dairy sector in dealing with the outbreak of Covid-19 in Ireland. Seek measures to assist dairy processors maintain operations e.g. priority testing for critical employees. Brief the Minister on the likely impact on dairy markets and seek support for EU market measures eg Aids to Private Storage.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jim Bergin

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.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

A series of regular updates conference calls - 24th April, 9th April; April 3rd; March 19th.

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.

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Brendan Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Sinead McPhillips Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)