Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Date published 20 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details DAFM 2025 Grant

Intended results Confirmation and possible advance of the 2025 Grant

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pete Wedderburn, Chair of the Board of the ISPCA

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)

Meeting on April 4th, in follow up to previous meeting on September 24th, at Agriculture House, Kildare St, Dublin 2. Agenda included Update from ISPCA, a possible advance on the AW grant and Animal Health & Welfare Act 2013 – DAFM-ISPCA Service Level Agreement (SLA). Meeting attendees were Pete Wedderburn (Board Chair) & Conor Dowling (Chief Inspector), ISPCA who met Mary McCarthy, Mairead Cooney and Geraldine Corcoran.

Social Media (1)

As Chair of the ISPCA Board, on February 6th, Pete sent a message via X (Twitter) to Simon Harris, looking for a chat, his office replied on March 18th however no further correspondence made as we didn't think it was needed given upcoming meeting on April 4th.

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.

Mairead Cooney Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Mary McCarthy Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Defence)