Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Beef and Lamb Association

Date published 21 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details PQ to ask the Minister for Agriculture,Food & Marine to make a statement on the following. Following on from the minister’s response to question 58176/22, of the bovine animals, aged greater than 36 months of age were sold at livestock Marts.

Intended results Transparency in the interests of farmers and livestock Marts.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dermot O Brien

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Michael Healy Rea TD (Currently employed as a DPO) TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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 (1)

How many animals by animal type and breed (dairy or beef) over 36 months that were sold through Irish livestock marts in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, were not slaughtered within 30 days of the date they were traded in livestock marts?

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.

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)