Cormac McKay

Lobbying Organisation Cormac McKay

Date published 17 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Irish Roads.

Intended results meeting to raise my concerns with the C&AG Comptroller and Auditor Generals' office and warn of the consequences of current transport proposals and inform them of current and future autonomous vehicle deployment

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cormac McKay

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? The adoption and promotion of Autonomous vehicles on Irish Road as part of future public transport provisions.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

The realty of public demands when it come to personal transport. women's safety on traditional public transport and who would be most to benefit from the rapid adoption of Autonomous RoboTaxi's. Past spend and proposed spend and the poor value for money on current and proposed public transport proposals such as MetroLink and Busconnects. Damage to Irelands international reputation from the the Gov/NTMA selling greens bonds for projects that do not have planning permission and how this could damage real urgent green projects. The poor use of Hydrogen in Transport. Health concerns Dementia & Alzheimer's re Noise Pollution from heavy rail, trams and the cost to the state to provide health care with the possibility of citizens suing the state from a know WHO & EPA Ire health concern. My Dublin Loop proposal incorporates all the latest and future proof developments that will happen in the next 5 years, we discussed other similar projects like VegasLoop & Next Transportation AEV’s.

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.

Mary Henry Director of Audit (The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General)

Hilary Murphy Director of Audit (The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General)