Horse Racing Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Racing Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Briefing meeting with new Minister Calleary and Covid-19 implications

Intended results Awareness of Minister & officials on matters affecting racing, breeding & sales in Ireland and Covid-19 implications

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting 29 July 2020 Nicky Hartery, Chairman, Horse Racing Ireland, Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland, Suzanne Eade, CFO, Horse Racing Ireland, Jonathan Mullin, Director of Communications, Horse Racing Ireland with Ministers Barry Cowen, Pippa Hackett, Martin Heydon and Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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)

Pippa Hackett Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Martin Heydon Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Dara Calleary Minister (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)