Horse Racing Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Awareness of the importance of the social andeconomic benefits of the horse racing &breeding industries to the applicable localareas

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Gordon Conroy (Chief Financial Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Suzanne Doyle (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pierce Dargan (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Alan Dunney (Director of Services or Equivalent), Kildare County Council; Jacqui McCrum (Secretary General), Department of Defence; Sonya Kavanagh (Director of Services or Equivalent), Kildare County Council; Carmel Kelly (Councillor), Kildare County Council

Intent: raising awareness of the plans for the new National Equine Campus

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinead Carr (Director of Services or Equivalent), Tipperary County Council; Brian Beck (Acting Director of Service), Tipperary County Council; Damien Ginty (Director of Services or Equivalent), Tipperary County Council; Tom Acheson (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Siobhan Ambrose (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Micheál Anglim (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Fiona Bonfield (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Kieran Bourke (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Michael Brennan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Liam Browne (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Phyll Bugler (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Declan Burgess (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Kay Cahill Skehan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Carroll (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Crosse (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Niall Dennehy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; David Dunne (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Pat English (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Mark Fitzgerald (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John Fitzgerald (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Amy Goldsboro (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Joe Hannigan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Mary Hanna Hourigan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Roger Kennedy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; William Kennedy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Shane Lee (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Micheál Lowry (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Máirín McGrath (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Richie Molloy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Andy Maloney (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Eddie Moran (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Louise Morgan Walsh (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Seamus Morris (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Marie Murphy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; John O'Heney (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Michael O'Meara (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; JP O’Meara (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Pamela Quirke O'meara (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Annemarie 'Shiner' Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Jim Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Sean Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Peggy Ryan (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Michael Smith (Councillor), Tipperary County Council

Intent: Update on Phase 1 of the development of the Tipperary All-Weather Track Project and local economic impact of the project.

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Awareness of the economic impact of the horse racing & breeding industries

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona Murray (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Intent: Importance of thoroughbred racing industry to the Irish economy

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: awareness of the importance of legislation relating to animal welfare

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Awareness of the economic and social benefits of the Irish racing and breeding industry

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Brian Purcell (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture and the Marine

Intent: To raise awareness of the need to modernise the definition of 'authorised representatives in the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Garrett Ahern (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bill Clear (Councillor), Kildare County Council; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O’Donovan (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (Councillor), Westmeath County Council; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Awareness of the economic importance of the industry

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Ray McAdam (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Awareness of the importance of the industry

Methods: Event / Reception