Shannon Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Shannon Chamber

Date published 21 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Briefing on Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) vision, strategy and working methodology

Intended results To seek support from Ministser Ring and his Dept for the AEC implementation apprach and to allocate €1m to Economic Plan and €1m to Enterprise Actions via exisiting bodies e.g. NWA or WDC rather than creation of a new public policy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kevin Thompstone,, Shannon Chamber (AEC member) and Mike Devane, Galway Chamber

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 (1)

This was a follow-up to a workshop involving the AEC and Group of Public Bodies held in Galway on 26 October 2016.

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 Ring Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

William Parnell, Assistant Secretary (Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht)