Shannon Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Shannon Chamber

Date published 21 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details To seek an update on the exact date of the next URDF funding call.

Intended results Confirmation that funding to enable the implementation of the Shannon Town Centre Masterplan be forthcoming in the immediate future and not at a yet undetermined future date and that Phase 1 - the delivery of the OneShannonHub - be included in the next round of Urban Regeneration Development Fund and that the date for this Funding Call be published

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber

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)

18 Sept. 2024: Letter to Minister Darragh O'Brien and forwarded by email to Senator Timmy Dooley

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister Patrick O'Donovan following briefing at AmCham dinner in Limerick requesting him to intervene and assure Shannon Chamber that funding will be available to implement the delivery of the first phase of the Shannon Town Centre Masterplan – the One Shannon Hub.

Meeting (1)

14 Oct 2024: Meeting with Senator Timmy Dooley in Shannon Chamber board room to outline concerns about lack of commitment to Shannon via URDF funding for Shannon Town Centre Masterplan/OneShannonHub.

Virtual Meeting (1)

14 Oct 2024: Virtual meeting with Cathal Crowe TD to outline concerns about lack of commitment to Shannon via URDF funding for Shannon Town Centre Masterplan/OneShannonHub.

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Timmy Dooley Senator (Seanad)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)