The Institute of Directors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Institute of Directors Ireland

Date published 18 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details State Body Governance

Intended results Engagement with Minister Chambers about the IoD Ireland paper on State Body Governance. We asked the Minister to reflect on our reflections and recommendations in the report on State Body Governance. The note asked for a meeting to engage, as well as further engagement to acknowledge the findings of the report in a foreword and a PR. Our media agency Q4 have also assisted with this engagement.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caroline Spillane CDir, CEO, IoD Ireland

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)

An email was sent on July from the IoD Ireland CEO to Minister Chambers, ccing relevant policy colleagues and the DPER Secretary General. This email included the final draft of the IoD Ireland state body governance paper. In the email, we outlined some of the main aims around the paper, and noted we would appreciate the opportunity to have a meeting to discuss this further.

Email (1)

A follow up email and call was carried out by our media agency Q4 to the office of Minister Chambers in August.

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.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)