Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack O'Donnell (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of Finance; Niall O'Connor (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education; Ken Spratt (Secretary General), Department of Transport; Keith Walsh (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Laura Mannion (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Denise Duffy (Special Adviser), Department of Education and Youth; Paul Melia (Special Advisor), Department of Education; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Bríd Murphy (Adviser to Minister), Department of Health; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Health; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Michael O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Treasa Kelly (Special Advisor), Department of Social Protection; Mary Butler (Government Chief Whip and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Paraic Gallagher (Special Adviser), Department of Health; Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Brennan (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Aisling Dunne (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Amii McKeever (Special Advisor), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Craig Dwyer (Special Advisor), Department of Social Protection; Siobhan Russell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Transport; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Transport; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; John McDonald (Special Adviser), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Emma McHugh (Special Adviser), Department of Foreign Affairs; Adrian O'Higgins (Special Advisor), Department of Justice; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Shane Smyth (Adviser to Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Maria Burke (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Anne Shaw (Chief Executive Officer), National Transport Authority

Intent: Secure financial assistance for commercial coach and bus operators due to conflict in Middle East causing fuel cost inflation

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Shaw (Chief Executive Officer), National Transport Authority

Intent: Secure commitment to new site where coach operators can park in Dublin City

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Shaw (Chief Executive Officer), National Transport Authority; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Richard Shakespeare (Chief Executive Officer), Dublin City Council

Intent: Seek an alternative option to the Dublin City Coach Park; seek temporary ways in which pressure can be relieved while an alternative is found

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Garret Doocey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport

Intent: Seek timeline on commitment to reforms to PSV licensing regime and raise issues faced by commercial bus operators

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport

Intent: Influence CTTC stated positions on Under 9s, PSV, Coach parking

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To secure EU funding to reimburse bus and coach operators for investment in tachographs following the regulatory changes.

Methods: EmailVirtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Ken Spratt (Secretary General), Department of Transport

Intent: To determine the date of implementation of the under-9s scheme by the NTA and what steps commercial operators must take to participate in the under-9s scheme.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken Spratt (Secretary General), Department of Transport

Intent: Gathering Information

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Gathering Information

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Gathering Information

Methods: Email