mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Lobbying Organisation mytaxi network Ireland (trading as FREE NOW)

Date published 21 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Email issued on behalf of key representatives from across driver unions and dispatch operators to General Election candidates and Government formation teams outlining key recommendations to protect and strengthen Ireland’s taxi trade.

Intended results To highlight the issues facing the taxi industry and to share recommendations to protect and strengthen Ireland’s taxi trade, and to call for support for these measures from candidates and for their inclusion in the Programme for Government.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sam Pooke

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

Mass communications

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Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

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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.

Lettie McCarthy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Tania Doyle Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Dean Mulligan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Bridín Murphy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Angela Feeney Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Frankie Daly Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Deirdre Heney Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Aoibhinn Tormey Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Clodagh Higgins Councillor (Galway City Council)

Hazel Chu Councillor (Dublin City Council)

David Healy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Marie Casserly Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Noel Thomas Councillor (Galway County Council)

Michael Doyle Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

David Fitzgerald Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Joe Behan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Hazel De Nortuin Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Noel French Councillor (Meath County Council)

Pat Kennedy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Mary Roche Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Shane P O'Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Rita McInerney Councillor (Clare County Council)

Shane O'Callaghan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Úna McCarthy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Mary Linehan Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Deirdre O'Brien Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Lyons Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Darragh Moriarty Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Martha Fanning Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

John Walsh Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Mike Cubbard Councillor (Galway City Council)

Marianne Butler Councillor (Louth County council)

Teresa Costello Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Imelda Goldsboro Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu Councillor (Galway City Council)

Seán Ó hArgáin Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Laura Harmon Councillor (Cork City Council)

Noel O'Donovan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ellen Troy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Peir Leonard Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Paul O'Brien Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Sarah O'Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Kevin Callan Councillor (Louth County council)

Carmel Brady Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Declan Geraghty Councillor (Galway County Council)

Tony Fitzgerald Councillor (Cork City Council)

Mark Duffy Councillor (Mayo County Council)

Francis Timmons Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Eoin Ó Broin Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Evie Sammon Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Alan Edge Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Antoín Watters Councillor (Louth County council)

Jim Codd Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Vicki Casserly Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Chris Pender Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ronan Moore Councillor (Meath County Council)

Adrienne Wallace Councillor (Carlow County Council)

John Daniel Maher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Garret Kelleher Councillor (Cork City Council)

William O'Leary Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Creed Councillor (Cork County Council)

Mícheál MacDonncha Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Michael Fleming Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Joan Hopkins Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Aisling Moran Councillor (Laois County Council)

Paddy O'Rourke Councillor (Leitrim County Council)

Bridie Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Gerry Murray Councillor (Mayo County Council)

Patsy O'Brien Councillor (Mayo County Council)

Caroline O'Reilly Councillor (Meath County Council)

Michael Clarke Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Phyll Bugler Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Jim Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Michael Smith Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Paul Hogan Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

TP O'Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Joe Lynch Councillor (Cork City Council)

Janice Boylan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Conor Reddy Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Philip Sutcliffe Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Niamh Whelan Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Sarah Barnes Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Breda Hanaphy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Bill Clear Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tom McDonnell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Eddie Fitzpatrick Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Fergus McDonnell Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Aoife Masterson Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Claire Murray Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Elisa O'Donovan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sarah Beasley Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Noreen Stokes Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sharon Tolan Councillor (Meath County Council)

Maria White Councillor (Meath County Council)

Linda Nelson Murray Councillor (Meath County Council)

Edel Mcsharry Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Nessa Cosgrove Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Michael Brennan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John O'Heney Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

Eugene Murphy Senator (Seanad)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Aisling Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Nikki Bradley Senator (Seanad)

John McGahon Senator (Seanad)

Lisa Chambers Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Emma Blain Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)