Irish fish Producers Organisation Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Irish fish Producers Organisation Ltd

Date published 25 Mar, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details BAR Funding and Policy issues, Stakeholder perspectives re Policy Matters and Implementation

Intended results Sharing of information and updates regarding criteria and implementation of EU schemes . Sharing of stakeholder perspectives and state of play in sector

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aodh (Hugh) O Domhnaill

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.

Virtual Meeting (21-30)

Icelandic Access negotiations and Norwegian Access provisions

Letter (11-20)

Sharing of Industry Perspectives regarding Annual Quota negotiations

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

December Agriculture and Fisheries Council pre meeting and perspectives re Third Country Access for 2024.

Phone call (6-10)

Third Country Fisheries access

Meeting (2-5)

Meeting Minister and Officials in a formal meeting to share stakeholder perspectives regarding issues of importance to the sector such as BAR, Zonal Access, Brexit Impacts, Harmonisation of Control and Enforcement etc

Submission (2-5)

Brifing Minister and Officials in a formal meeting to share stakeholder perspectives regarding issues of importance to the sector such as BAR, Zonal Access, Brexit Impacts, Harmonisation of Control and Enforcement etc

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.

Brendan Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Charlie McConalogue Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Darran Brennan Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Sinead McSherry Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Chris MacManus MEP (European Parliament)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)