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Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

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Client 1

GROWING MEDIA IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
RBK House, Irishtown, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Agribusiness
john.neenan@outlook.ie
0872618290
RBK House Irishtown, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

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Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)
Meeting with Minister of State and officials at the Department of Rural and Community Development about the issues currently facing the Irish horticultural sector.
Meeting (1)
Meeting with Senators to discuss actions to be taken to resolve the horticultural peat crisis.
Letter (2-5)
Letters to Ministers in the Department of Environment and Climate Action and the Department of Agriculture requesting a meeting to discuss environmental and horticultural impact of importing peat for horticulture.
Letter (11-20)
Letter sent to Senators and members of the Agriculture Committee to discuss the impact of relying on the importation of peat from other EU countries on the domestic horticultural sector.
Meeting (1)
Meeting with Senators to discuss upcoming legislation intended to resolve the issue facing the domestic horticultural sector.
Letter (31-50)
Letter to members of the Committee on Agriculture and other Oireachtas members following an Irish Times editorial discussing the importance of domestic horticultural peat and the impact of relying on imported peat.
Meeting (1)
Meeting with Deputies to discuss the issue of horticultural peat and the impact of relying on imported peat from other EU countries.
Email (2-5)
Email to TDs requesting a meeting with them following them raising the issue of horticultural peat during Parliamentary Questions with the Minister for Agriculture.
Email (51-100)
Email to Senators and TDs who have been engaged with the issues facing the horticultural sector following coverage of the issue on RTÉ's Ear to the Ground programme, highlighting that the Working Group Report on horticultural peat had no yet been published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Letter (11-20)
Letter to Ministers and Ministers of State following the publishing of the Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 in the Seanad.
Letter (2-5)
Letters to Ministers at the Department of Environment and Climate Action and the Department of Agriculture requesting a meeting following an announcement by the Department of Agriculture of an investment in the horticultural industry and the research for renewables to horticultural peat.

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.