Irish Egg Marketing Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Irish Egg Marketing Ltd

Date published 21 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Zoning or development

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Application for planning permission to expand egg-laying hen farm

Intended results To raise concerns with regards to obtaining planning permission for a farm, to enable the placement of additional hens to meet market demand for eggs.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dermot Herlihy and Rachel Johnson, Crayvall Egg Ltd.

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Gerald Nash (Currently employed as a DPO) TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish (Currently employed as a DPO) Minister of State (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Crayvall Egg Production Ltd

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Belview, Carstown, Co. Louth. A92 AT28

Main business or activity

Company website http://Belview.ie

Contact email address r.johnson@belview.ie

Contact phone number 041-9822512

Contact address Belview Egg Farm Ltd Carstown, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 AT28

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Following discussions with Ged Nash TD, a visit to the Belview Farm by Noel Grealish, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine with responsibility for Food Promotion, New Markets, Research and Development took place. Minister of State, Grealish toured the existing farm at Belview and was given a tour of the proposed additional farm.

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.

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)