Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Mass communications

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (21-30)
Email communication with Councillors and other local DPOs in relation to the issues of transport, housing and planning. The objective of these communications was to raise awareness of the interaction between these three themes to prevent separate treatment. * Note that activity extent for emails reference the number of different emails rather than volume as per the direction of the Standards in Public Office.
Letter (1)
A letter discussing city centre issues was sent by the Chamber to the relevant Director of Service within Dublin City Council. The letter sought to arrange a meeting to discuss the Luas Cross City construction and operations to ensure that the Chamber's objective of keeping the City 'Open for Business' was being achieved.
Meeting (6-10)
Meetings at which the Chamber's policy positions were discussed were attended by DPOs. These meetings include the Dublin City Centre Business Forum a Ministerial Forum, and the 'Open for business' forum dealing with the Luas Cross City works. In addition to the Dublin City Development Plan cited above, see also http://www.dubchamber.ie/docs/policy-reports/city-centre-transport-study---dublin-chamber-submission.pdf *Dublin Chamber has included for the purposes of this filing in its activity a number meetings of the Dublin City Council's Strategic Policy Committee for Finance and Emergency Services and the Dublin City Council’s Strategic Policy Committee for Planning and International Relations, which are exempt due to adherence to the Transparency Code (https://www.lobbying.ie/help-resources/information-for-public-bodies/transparency-code/).
Event / Reception (6-10)
There were a number of events organised by the Chamber or others with open invitations to DPOs that Chamber staff attended and discussed the policy issues raised in this campaign filing. This included a Chamber organised Political Leaders Series, which was an open invitation to all party leaders to address members - http://www.dubchamber.ie/ge2016

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.