Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 16 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Participation on advisory group to The State of Ireland 2019 report

Intended results Expertise of a Local Authority Chief Executive Officer as an advisory panel member to our publication on infrastructure in Ireland - The State of Ireland 2019 which this year had its focus on housing. The report was launched in June 2019. Engineers Ireland publishes this report annually.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Richard Manton, Policy Officer and Deputy Registrar with Engineers 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.

Meeting (2-5)

Five meetings of the advisory group were held in the lead up to the publication of the report at Engineers Ireland offices. Dial in facilities were also arranged for those who could not attend in person. The group members are listed in the finished publication. Frank Curran also attended the launch of the report in mid June at Engineers Ireland's offices.

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.

Frank Curran Chief Executive Officer (Wicklow County Council)