Irish Self Catering Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Self Catering Federation

Date published 01 Nov, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details ISCF seek a fair resolution to the TV licence anomaly for self-catering holiday properties inline with requirements for other tourism accommodation types..

Intended results Where there exists a group of properties specifically built or modified with the purpose of running a self-catering business, a concession should be made so that only one TV licence is required.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dorren Quinn, ISCF

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)

ISCF made a submission to the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment who were reviewing this topic. In the absence of a satisfactory result, Dorren contacted Senator Robbie Gallagher

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.

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)