Galway Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Galway Chamber

Date published 17 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details A copy of the Galway Chamber Business Recovery Forum Report, with a press release regarding the publication of the BRF Report was sent to Galway TDs.

Intended results Seeking TD support for the recommendations cited by the report

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kenneth Deery, Chief Executive Officer, Galway Chamber

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.

Email (1)

On Wednesday June 10th 2020, an email went out to Galway based TDs, providing them with a copy of Galway Chamber's Business Recovery Forum report, highlighting the problems associated with Covid-19 for different industries such as hospitality, tourism and recommendations that could assist businesses to survive the downturn in business such as the extension of the wage subsidy scheme in the hopes that TD's would lobby for this at Governmental level.

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.

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)