ESB

Lobbying Organisation ESB

Date published 21 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Gaeltacht

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Engagement regarding the scope of application of the Official Languages Act

Intended results That the application of the Act would not encompass competitive activities within the Group

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Seán Murphy, Public Affairs Manager, ESB

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)

Email @ 09.11.21 to Jenny O’Hora, Principle Officer as indirect communication to Paul Bolger, Assistant Secretary, DECC Email @ 10.11.21 to John Healy, Principal Officer, Department of Tourism, Culture. Arts. Gaeltacht, Sport & Media, as indirect communications Email @ 10.11.21 to Aodhán MacCormaic, Principle Officer as indirect communications Email @ 12.11.21 to Minister Jack Chambers Email @ 26.11.21 to Sam Griffin, Special Advisor, Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht & Shane Smyth, Principle Officer

Phone call (2-5)

Call @ 28.10.2021 to Sam Griffin, Special Advisor, Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht Call @ 09.11.21 to Jenny O’Hora, Principle Officer as indirect communication to Paul Bolger, Assistant Secretary, DECC

Meeting (1)

Meeting @ 23.11.21 with Minister Jack Chambers, Shane Smyth, PO and Aodhán MacCormaic, PO

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 Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Paul Bolger Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Sam Griffin Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)