Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 17 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Minister Coveney TD attended Annual Dinner of the Engineers Ireland Cork Regional branch.

Intended results For Minister Coveney to address the voluntary members and guests of Engineers Ireland's Cork Region and for the Minister to hear the views of members in relation to issues such as infrastructure and the importance of investing in engineering education at 3rd level.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chairman of the Cork Region of Engineers Ireland, Michael O’Donovan.

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.

Event / Reception (1)

Letter issued to the Minister on the 3 January for the event dinner in Cork on 10 February 2017. Event was held in the Maryborough Hotel, Cork.

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Seamus McGrath Councillor (Cork County Council)

Des Cahill Councillor (Cork City Council)