Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Presentation to the Construction Sector Group

Intended results To present to this Group, the findings and recommendations of our 2020 State of Ireland Report: Engineering a green and digital recovery.

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

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

The meeting of this Group took place in November 2020 and the two DPOs listed below were in attendance. The State of Ireland report is our expert-led annual report on the country's infrastructure. It is available on our website engineersireland.ie.

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.

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Ronnie Downes Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)