Irish Self Catering Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Self Catering Federation

Date published 30 Mar, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Online meeting 24/03/2021 ; The miss placement of the ISCF members properties within Rent Pressure Zones. This is due to the introduction of the short term letting Planning Law, introduced by the then Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy in 2019.

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

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

The Agenda we would like to discuss is; 1 ; The miss placement of the ISCF members properties within Rent Pressure Zones. This is due to the introduction of the short term letting Planning Law, introduced by the then Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy in 2019. 2 ;How our sector of tourism can be removed from our current position, within this law. We are misplaced within this housing law.

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.

Peter Burke Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)