Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 18 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Invitation to Minister Canney to address our Annual Seminar in Athlone for Local Authority Engineers, on the subject title of the conference, Current & Emerging Challenges for Local Authority Engineers.

Intended results For our member engineers working in local authorities to hear the views of the Minister for State (OPW) on this subject matter.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caroline Spillane, Director General

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 (1)

The email was sent to the Minister in January 2017. He responded and will not be available to attend the seminar on 23 February 2017.

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.

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)