Horse Racing Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Racing Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Resumption of racing which had ceased due to Covid-19

Intended results Permission to permit the resumption of racing

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland

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.

Letter (1)

Letter 24 April 2020 from Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland to Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Submission (1)

EMail submission 3 May Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland, Nicky Hartery, Chairman, Horse Racing Ireland with Brendan Gleeson & Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Email (1)

Email 11 May Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland to Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting 4 May - participants - Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland, Nicky Hartery, Chairman, Horse Racing Ireland, Jason Morris, Director or Racing, Horse Racing Ireland, Jonathan Mullin, Director of Communications with Minister Creed, Brendan Gleeson & Kevin Smyth, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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.

Kevin Smyth Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Brendan Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

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