Ervia

Lobbying Organisation Ervia

Date published 20 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Water Service Delivery

Intended results Brief on Ervia’s progress establishing Irish Water, long term benefits of Irish Water passing the Market Corporation Test and policy options to address water affordability at the request of Fine Gael

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michael McNicholas, Brendan Murphy, Jerry Grant

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 (1)

Meeting on Monday 18th April at the request of Fine Gael to discuss Ervia’s progress establishing Irish Water, long term benefits of Irish Water passing the Market Corporation Test and policy options to address water affordability.

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.

Enda Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Noonan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Fitzgerald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Maria Graham Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Andrew McDowell Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)

Mark Kennelly Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)