Coillte CGA

Lobbying Organisation Coillte CGA

Date published 19 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Meeting with MAFM, the Junior Minister of State for Forestry and senior officials to discuss of proposed changes to Felling Licence application process

Intended results Encourage DAFM and the Forestry Service to review its approach to screeing and review the operation of the Forestry Appeals Commission

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gerard Britchfield and Deborah Meghan

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 (2-5)

2 meetings held both co-ordinated by Forest Industries Ireland 1. Meeting with Mins Creed and Doyle and officials on 29 August as part of FII delegation 2. Meeting with DAFM officials on 22 August as part of FII delegation

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 Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Andrew Doyle Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Colm Hayes Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)