Devenish

Lobbying Organisation Devenish

Date published 04 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Heritage

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details On 19th June, Minister Darragh O'Brien visited the farm at Dowth in the context of Government interest in the sale of the property. Niall O'Donnchú, Ciara Shaughnessy and others from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage attended with the Minister.

Intended results To inform Minister O'Brien about the extensive built and natural heritage at Dowth and about the cutting edge sustainable agriculture research conducted by Devenish on the farm in recent years.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tony McEntee

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 (1)

There were also multiple emails/phonecalls between Devenish staff and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set up and to follow on from this meeting.

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Niall Ó'Donnchú Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Ciara Shaughnessy Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)