ICS Skills

Lobbying Organisation ICS Skills

Date published 12 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Support in establishing a National Coalition for Ireland as part of the new Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition initiative.

Intended results Support in establishing a National Coalition in Ireland, by endorsing it as part of an announcement on the 1st of December or if possible to attend with us and meet Commissioner Oettinger in Brussels.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caitriona Whelan

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.

Email (2-5)

The Irish Computer Society (ICS), under the auspices of its social enterprise arm, ICS Foundation, has now been invited by the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) and the European Commission to establish a National Coalition for Ireland as part of the new Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition initiative, to be launched by Commissioner Oettinger on the 1st of December 2016 in Brussels. The aim of the ICS is to ensure that all citizens can benefit from the range of opportunities provided by technology, and that people working in the ICT industry have their status, influence and professionalism recognised and rewarded. Our role as coordinator of a national coalition of multi-stakeholder partners would support activities as part of the Action Plan for Jobs and the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 and by communicating these developments at European level, open Ireland to the exchange of best practice with existing national coalitions in other member countries.

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.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Dara Murphy Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)