Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Date published 13 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details EC Council Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport

Intended results Support for the establishment of a European Parliament Committee of Inquiry (rule 198 of the EP rules of procedure) to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Andrew Kelly, Chief Executive Officer

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.

Email (1)

Call for support for establishment of a European Parliament Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport. This request was part of an initiative by Eurogroup for Animals, the EUs leading animal welfare lobby group of which the ISPCA is a member.

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.

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Nessa Childers MEP (European Parliament)

Brian Hayes MEP (European Parliament)

Matt Carthy MEP (European Parliament)

Luke "Ming" Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Marian Harkin MEP (European Parliament)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Deirdre Clune MEP (European Parliament)

Brian Crowley MEP (European Parliament)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Liadh Ní Riada MEP (European Parliament)