Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network

Lobbying Organisation Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network

Date published 08 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Arts

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Insurance Reform, Covid supports for Traditional Circus & UBI for Artists

Intended results Full and comprehensive insurance reform which allows all citizens of Ireland to purchase fair insurance products Government supports to protect the future of Traditional Circus UBI to be introduced forthwith as a pilot scheme for artists

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lucy Medlycott

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.

Email (21-30)

We wrote emails to the DPO's listed below on both the topic of Insurance Reform, as well as the lack of financial supports for Traditional Circus, who are threatened with going out of business due to Covid.

Social Media (31-50)

We shared, retweeted and wrote several social media entries on the topic of Insurance reform as well as the lack of supports for Traditional Circus in the pandemic. In addition we highlighted the need for UBI for artists.

Informal communication (2-5)

We spoke informally with several government representatives and semi state bodies around both the topic of Insurance reform and the crisis facing Traditional Circus.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

We attended a virtual meeting with Minister Sean Fleming on the issue of Insurance Reform. We also attended a virtual meeting with Senator Malcolm Byrne on support for the arts. We attended several virtual meetings with the Arts Council on the crisis facing Traditional Circus.

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)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

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

Malcolm Byrne Senator (Seanad)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)