Irish Hotels Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Hotels Federation

Date published 21 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Letter outlining the risks to Dublin tourism associated with Brexit and the role Dublin City Council has to play in supporting tourism.

Intended results Seeking for Dublin City Council to play a greater role in helping to bring new hotel capacity online quicker Highlighting the damage to competitiveness that any ‘bedroom’ tax would result in

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tim Fenn, Chief Executive of the Irish Hotels Federation

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.

Letter (1)

Outlining the risks to Dublin tourism associated with Brexit and the role Dublin City Council has to play in supporting tourism.

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.

Paul McAuliffe Councillor (Dublin City Council)