SSLF Progress Ireland (Progress Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation SSLF Progress Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Delivery agencies; planning rules for small houses; innovation policy

Intended results To give TII greater autonomy in order to improve its ability to deliver complex projects; to make small houses exempted from planning rules; to use metascience at Research Ireland.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean Keyes

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.

Meeting (1)

Sean Keyes (Progress Ireland) met Matt Lynch at Starbucks Dublin on June 27.

Meeting (1)

Present were Sean Keyes (Progress Ireland) and Kevin Dillon. The meeting took place at Buswell's Hotel on 24 July.

Meeting (1)

Sean Keyes (Progress Ireland) met Simon Coveney at Fota Island on 20 June.

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.

Matthew Lynch Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Kevin Dillon Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Simon Coveney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)