The Irish Blue Cross

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Blue Cross

Date published 20 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Response to the Dept. of Agriculture Food & The Marine on its Consultation Paper on the sale & advertising of pets, including a new voluntary code of practice for pet shops.

Intended results Improvement in sale of pets & extension of definition to incl. individuals selling from dwellings. Recommending registration & licencing of sellers for improvement to online sale of pets. Highlighting the work of The Irish Pet Advertising Advisory Group's (IPAAG), of which The Irish Blue Cross is a member, in the area of online sales.

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 (1)

Response made by email submission on 18th July 2018, to the Department's consultation paper on the sale & advertising of pets, which included a new voluntary code of practice for pet shops.

Phone call (1)

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)