Irish Turf Club

Lobbying Organisation Irish Turf Club

Date published 14 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015

Intended results Amendments to proposed legislation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Denis Egan

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)

Meetings took place with the various politicians to secure changes to the proposed legislation in order to ensure the independence of the regulator and that the amateur ethos of point-to-point racing is maintained.

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Willie Penrose TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Ferris TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anthony Lawlor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lucinda Creighton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Bradford Senator (Seanad)