The Irish Blue Cross

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Blue Cross

Date published 18 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Sought renewal of year-end Ex-gratia funding for welfare veterinary services and additional funding towards our premises development plan in 2017

Intended results Increased level of ex-gratia funding for welfare vet services including additional funding towards our premises development plan in 2017

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris Conneely

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.

Phone call (1)

Phone call made on Dec 10th (approx.) to senior Official at the Animal Welfare Division, the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine to update the Department on our work and progress made in relation to our premises development plan. To tie in with our request made for funding during the year under their Ex-gratia end-of-year funding scheme for animal welfare charities.

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.

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