Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Conor Gallagher (Special Advisor), Department of Transport; Padraig Hughes (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Transport; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin O'Brien (Director), National Transport Authority; Keith Walsh (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Caoimhín Ó Ciaruáin (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Transport

Intent: Secure engagement between the Department of Transport in the Republic of Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, and to explore whether a derogation, mutual recognition arrangement or other formal exemption could facilitate legitimate cross-border operations

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Lorcan O'Connor (Chief Executive Officer), Transport Infrastructure Ireland; Anne Shaw (Chief Executive Officer), National Transport Authority

Intent: Rejection of permits for bucket collections in locations in Co Limerick

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Conor Glynn (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; 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; David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Laura Mannion (Special Adviser), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education; Paul Melia (Special Advisor), Department of Education; Michael Moynihan (Minister of State), Department of Education; Noel Byrne (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Education; Bernie McNally (Secretary General), Department of Education; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Siobhan Russell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Transport; Conor Gallagher (Special Advisor), Department of Transport; Ken Spratt (Secretary General), Department of Transport; Keith Walsh (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Padraig Hughes (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Transport; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jack White (Special Adviser), Department of Rural and Community Development; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gráinne Weld (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Diarmuid Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Michaela Reilly (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Secure funding for budget measures

Methods: EmailInformal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Shakespeare (Chief Executive Officer), Dublin City Council; Celina Barrett (Assistant Chief Executive), Dublin City Council; Brendan O’Brien (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council

Intent: Parking signage be amended to reflect 24hr coach parking bays and safe and secure parking for coaches in the city centre

Methods: Email

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