Restaurants Association of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Restaurants Association of Ireland

Date published 17 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Briefing of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party

Intended results Briefed party members re need to reinstate EWSS at previous rate and extend & in light of public health advice not to socialise the need for access to CRSS or bespoke hospitality support

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Adrian Cummins

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)

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.

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Paddy Burke Senator (Seanad)

Jerry Buttimer Senator (Seanad)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Micheál Carrigy Senator (Seanad)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

John Cummins Senator (Seanad)

Emer Currie Senator (Seanad)

Regina Doherty Senator (Seanad)

Aisling Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

John McGahon Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Barry Ward Senator (Seanad)

Colm Brophy Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Health)

Charles Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

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

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Kieran O'Donnell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Paul Phelan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Ring TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)