SIP Energy Ltd

Lobbying Organisation SIP Energy Ltd

Date published 10 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details The delivery of Housing to alleviate the crisis, and how SME can help that.

Intended results To get the Government to actually talk to the people who can deliver houses to address the crisis, and to hear from them the impediments they face in being allowed to deliver much-needed housing.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Moylan

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)

Email sent to the parties named to inform them of the capabilities of SME such as ourselves to make a contribution to solving the housing crisis, and informing them of the impediments we face.

Email (2-5)

To inform out local TD about the unfit-for-purpose that is eTenders for the provision of school accomodation for short/medium term requirements ('prefabs'). Examples from eTenders sent as information to illustrate the point.

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.

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney Councillor (Galway County Council)