Employment & Recruitment Federation

Lobbying Organisation Employment & Recruitment Federation

Date published 04 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Response to the Government call out for submissions to the review of the Occupations Lists for Employment permits

Intended results Highlighting the shortages in sectors not typically on the critical skills list

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Geraldine King

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.

Submission (1)

A survey was conducted by the ERF to member agencies for their response to the areas/sectors they are experiencing shortages of talent/skills in to fill job vacancies

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 Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)