Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: CSNA wanted the Ministers, Taoiseach and Tanaiste to desist from making comments that were creating an unsafe working environment for the staff working in filling stations.CSNA urged the politicians to allow the investigation from the CCPC into the wholesale and retail pricing of motor and domestic heating fuel take place and await the publication of their findings.CSNA were also anxious to ensure that any changes in excise duty was properly communicated, unlike a previous occasion .
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Retrospective reversal of refusals , and admission into the PowerUp scheme
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: The refund of the tax value of tobacco ,vaping and alcohol products taken by EHO's where the seizure was done for the purpose of sample analysis.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: reversal of decision to change current system
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: The Government should allow a Joint Oireachtas Committee investigate the recommendation and make its findings known as a matter of urgency, it should NOT be agreed before a proper discussion.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: the PfG had a Section entitled' Retail Crime' in which there was a specific reference to grant assistance to retailers obtaining crime-preventing products- we want to share this information with members .
Methods: Letter
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Letter
Also raised the matter at a joint Enterprise/Justice Retail Crime Forum co-chaired by Alan Dillon and Jim O Callaghan.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: removal of 'qualified priviledge' and replaced by a 'serious harm Test'
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Fairer system nationwide with equality of treatment for all applicants.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Pauline Mulligan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: CSNA are interested to learn what level of market intelligence the Department of Health has obtained in advance of creating a number of Bills,Acts and statutory Instruments given that they have not consulted with the retailing representatives.
Methods: Email
