KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD

Lobbying Organisation KILLYBEGS FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION LTD

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Requesting that a Parliamentary Question be posed on the progress of the Minister for the Marine regarding the drafting of a Statutory Instrument for implementation of Penalty Points in light of Supreme Court Judgement on the previous SI.

Intended results The situation regarding the imposition of Penalty Points for fishing vessels and Skippers needs to be clarified as soon as possible and reflect Court Judgements already made in this regard

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean O'Donoghue, CEO, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation 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)

Pat the Cope Gallagher (Currently employed as a DPO) TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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 (6-10)

Requested that the matter of an SI regarding Penalty Points be clarified as soon as possible in light of the Court Judgements already declared

Phone call (6-10)

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.

Pat the Cope Gallagher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)