Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Lobbying Organisation Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Date published 20 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Advocate and promote Local Public Banking and give updates on where it is at.

Intended results Create awareness of Local Public Banking

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Noel Kinihan

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.

Meeting (6-10)

Four meetings were held with Cllr Mark Dearey, one was held with Deputy Eamon Ryan and one meeting with Deputy Ged Nash to promote and update on activities for Local Public Banking

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.

Mark Dearey Councillor (Louth County council)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash Super Junior Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)