Keating & Associates

Lobbying Organisation Keating & Associates

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Marine

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Impress the importance of the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Aquaculture Licencing Review Group report of May 2017

Intended results Delivery of the recommendations of the report mentioned above

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jan Feenstra, MD, Marine Harvest Ireland

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Separate meetings in each instance, Carrick-on Shannon (Martin Kenny), Fanad (Charlie McConalogue) and Letterkenny (Joe McHugh)

Phone call (2-5)

Calls to follow-up as well as prior to meetings

Informal communication (2-5)

Text message

Email (2-5)

Communication with Greg Harkin

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.

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Greg Harkin Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Pádraig MacLochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)