Vincent Jennings/Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA)

Lobbying Organisation Vincent Jennings/Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA)

Date published 20 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Minimum Unit Pricing - Alcohol

Intended results Attendance at a stakeholder meeting , raising the need to have labelling of alcohol grammage visible on affected alcohol products.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity vincent Jennings

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 (2-5)

Minister Feighan in the course of an interview with (London) Times stated that the Department would be holding a round of information meetings with industry stakeholders advising the workings of MUP in the context of an implementation in the Republic without a reciprocal action in Northern Ireland.

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.

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Health)