Association of Irish Local Government

Lobbying Organisation Association of Irish Local Government

Date published 07 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Improved support for elected local authority members

Intended results Improvement to the existing resources to support elected members in operating the reformed (post 2014) local government configuration

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cllr Colm Brophy, President, AILG

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Cllr Colm Brophy (Currently employed as a DPO) Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

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)

Meeting with Minister Alan Kelly in the course of his attendance at the Annual Conference of the Association of Irish Local Government in Inchydoney, Co Cork on 2nd October 2015. The AILG team was headed by Cllr Colm Brophy, President; and Mr Tom Moylan, Co-Director.

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.

Alan Kelly Minister (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)