Irish Exporters Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Exporters Association

Date published 22 Dec, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details IEA's capacity to deliver cost-effective online Brexit related training to Irish businesses

Intended results Raise awareness of same with Minister and to notify that funding might be necessary to achieve this

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Simon McKeever

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.

Meeting (1)

We met the Minister to outline how we could roll-out a one to many digital training offering to Irish businesses on Customs procedures for Brexit, and stated that we may require funding from Government to fulfill this

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)