Charity Retail Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Charity Retail Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details To highlight the view of SAGE that the closure of non-essential retail is viewed as having a low impact on COVID transmission,

Intended results For charity shops to remain open

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Sweeney, Chair ICSA

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)

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.

Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)