Irish Self Catering Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Self Catering Federation

Date published 07 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details The Term ‘Short Term Letting’ needs Definition in the context of tourism and housing rural Ireland

Intended results Open dialogue & arrange a meeting to discuss the ISCF plight of RPZ's for our members and self catering in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Downey - Jacinta Doolan

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 (2-5)

Emails to Darragh O'Brien , Catherine Martin and Leo Varadkar

Informal communication (2-5)

3 SMS messages sent to the Minister Jack Chambers

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.

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)