Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism

Lobbying Organisation Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism

Date published 20 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Tourism

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Fuel costs for marine tourism businesses

Intended results To raise the issue of the extraordinary increase in green diesel and petrol impacting marine tourism businesses To ask for targeted support for these important regional employers, as was provided to agriculture and haulage

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brendan Kenny

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.

Email (1)

An email to raise the issue of the extraordinary increase in green diesel and petrol impacting marine tourism businesses, and to To ask for targeted support for these important regional employers, as was provided to agriculture and haulage

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.

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)