Horse Racing Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Racing Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Proposed development of All Weather Track at Tipperary Racecourse

Intended results Awareness of the utilisation of funding

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Eade

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)

Email 25/03/2022 re the proposed Tipperary All Weather development

Virtual Meeting (1)

Virtual meeting 23/02/2022 re the business case for the proposed Tipperary All Weather develeopment

Event / Reception (1)

Site visit to Tipperary

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.

Charlie McConalogue Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kevin Smyth Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)