Irish SME Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish SME Association

Date published 18 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF)

Intended results To have ISME included on the LEEF.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Neil McDonnell ISME CEO

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.

Letter (1)

Letter sent to the Taoiseach on the 10th of December. It was brought to our attention that the last number of meetings of LEEF have included a member each from the Construction Industry Federation and from Chambers Ireland. While we acknowledge the membership density of those three employer bodies amongst medium and large employers, they are not representative of the bulk of employers in the micro and small employer demographies, which make up 98.5% of active enterprises. In the interest of maintaining a representative voice for small enterprise in LEEF, we requested ISME's inclusion.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)