Irish Hotels Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Hotels Federation

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Seeking reforms in the area of insurance and personal injury claims

Intended results Seeking support for greater urgency in reducing levels of unfair personal injury awards, rebalancing duty of care provisions for business occupiers and setting up a Garda Insurance Fraud Unit.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tim Fenn (Chief Executive of the Irish Hotels Federation)

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 to highlight the impact of insurance costs on tourism businesses and the requirement for reform in the area of insurance and personal injuries claims

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 D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)