Progressive College Network Ltd.

Lobbying Organisation Progressive College Network Ltd.

Date published 20 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details The Implementation of the Interim List of Eligible Programmes. Representations were made at meetings with the Department of Justice raising concerns about th emaner of impletation of the new regulations and the undue promotion of ACELS accredtied colleges when the accrediation had closed for new entrants.

Intended results A discussion of implementation strategies to be deployed Representations on the negative impact on the on ACELS colleges being improperly held out as lower standard owing to to failure of QQI to properly inform the public and market of the de facto legal position Raising serious concerns about the distortions in information being supplied to the public at large by Government affiliated information providers.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity David Russell (Chairman), Martin Moloney (Secretary)

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 (6-10)

Initial contact with the Department of Justice by email in the period June to December 2015.

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings with the General Secretaries of the Department of Justice and Dept of Education in June 2015 and January 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.

Frances Fitzgerald Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Finian McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)