Ballina Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Ballina Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Moving forward with the 'Town Centre First' commitment in the Programme for Government.

Intended results Raise awareness with local Mayo TD's on new research that Chambers Ireland are conducting on Local Economic Development to facilitate the replication of successful programs, and moving forward with the“TownCentreFirst”commitment in the Programme for Government, in cojunction wit Chambers Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mags Downey Martin

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.

Informal communication (2-5)

Focus on bringing awareness to locall elected TD's in Mayo constuency on the need for local economic development; making regions a priority and ensuring the future existance of our towns in the West of Ireland in particular.

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.

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rose Conway-Walsh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Ring TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)