Horse Racing Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Racing Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Renewal of Totalisator Licence

Intended results Renewal of Totalisator Licence

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland

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.

Letter (1)

Letter 9 June 2020 from Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland to Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine sent by email & copied to Gerry Kenny, Department of Finance

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.

Kevin Smyth Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)