Licensed Vintners Association

Lobbying Organisation Licensed Vintners Association

Date published 19 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Developing a policy to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 Crisis

Intended results Increased Government supports to mitigate effects of the Covid-19 closure on the Dublin licensed trade

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donall O'Keeffe, CEO

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

Mass communications

Email All TDs 02.09.2020 - email all TDs after failure to reopen wet pubs and in response to Government package.

Email All Oireachtas Members 19.11.20 - email + video lobbying for all pubs to be permitted to open on 1 December

Email All Oireachtas Members 24.11.20 - email lobbying for all pubs to be permitted to open on 1 December.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (11-20)

Meetings with the following DPOs: Leo Varadkar TD, Paschal Donohoe TD, Michael McGrath TD, Richard Bruton TD, Darragh O'Brien TD, John Lahart TD, Cormac Devlin TD, Colm Brophy TD, Neale Richmond TD, Alan Farrell TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Pearse Doherty TD, Louise O'Reilly TD, Jackie Cahill TD, Chris Andrews TD, Patrick Costello TD, Ollie Crowe Senator, Deirdre Gillane, Brian Murphy, Elizabeth Canavan,

Email (6-10)

Emails to DPOs relating to - Increasing Government support to mitigate effects of Covid-19 closure on the Dublin licensed trade; Budget 2021; Reopening of all Dublin pubs, including 'wet pubs' ; CRSS; Call to ban consumption of alcohol on streets; Waiver of TV licence fee for duration of enforced closure.

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.

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Brophy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Deirdre Gillane Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Brian Murphy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Chris Andrews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Eamon Ryan Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denise Mitchell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gino Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dessie Ellis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ossian Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Elizabeth Canavan Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Derek Moran Secretary General (Department of Finance)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)