The Irish Blue Cross

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Blue Cross

Date published 11 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details On 18th August, updated Brid Farrell at the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine by email regarding progress with our Inchicore premises development, for which a planning application was lodged with Dublin City Council on June 2nd. A copy of the complete planning application was forwarded for the attention of Brid, followed by an update on the costs involved in carrying out the works.

Intended results Progress reporting to the Department of Agriculture regarding use of their end of year ex-gratia grant aid towards the Inchicore premises development. To secure further assistance in order to have adequate funds to embark on the premises development.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Christina Conneely

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 (2-5)

On 18th August, updated Brid Farrell at the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine by email, in follow on to a phone call, regarding progress with our Inchicore premises development, for which a planning application was lodged with Dublin City Council on June 2nd. A copy of the complete planning application was forwarded along with the email.

Phone call (1)

On 16th August, updated Brid Farrell at the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine by phone regarding progress with our Inchicore premises development, for which a planning application was lodged with Dublin City Council on June 2nd. Discussion with Brid regarding an estimate of costs for completion of a first phase in the region of €400,000, and how Department of Agriculture funds of €200,000 already in place at this point would partly fund this. Discussed the challenge of having adequate funds to enable works to proceed, and that works would not be starting in 2017 as initially envisaged.

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.

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)