Tullow Oil Limited

Lobbying Organisation Tullow Oil Limited

Date published 19 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Discussions with respect to driving increased investment into High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure in the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) to fueleconomic growth and fill educational gaps thereby underpinning Irelands credentials as a high skills economy.

Intended results Inform the government on behalf of Tullow Oil , Xilinx, Fujitsu,Intel and Data direct Networks of the importance to the Irish economy of developing high performance computing skills Inform the government on behalf of Tullow Oil , Xilinx, Fujitsu,Intel and Data direct Networks of the impotance of increased public funding for ICHEC on a long termbasis with respectto HPC activities in Ireland.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joe Mongan, Director and Group Manager Geophysical Technology & Operations

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)

E-mail to Dermot Mulligan

Meeting (1)

Meeting at the Department of Justice, Employment and Innovation on the 20th December,2016

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.

Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)

Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)