Creative Retail Distribution Limited (Hale Vaping)

Lobbying Organisation Creative Retail Distribution Limited

Date published 21 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Briefing of Minister of State at the Dept of Environment, Climate and Communications concerning environmental impacts of e-cigarettes, including a range of initiatives underway to address these.

Intended results Consideration of the market implications and impacts on recycling initiatives of future policy decisions relating to e-cigarettes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joe Dunne, Director of Hale Vaping

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.

Letter (1)

meeting request to Minister Ossian Smyth TD

Phone call (2-5)

Calls re. arrangements for meeting with Minister Smyth

Email (2-5)

Various emails concerning arrangements for meeting with Minister Smyth

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Smyth

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.

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)