Chambers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Chambers 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 Met with Minister Breen to discuss issues of relevance to the Chamber Network and the work of the Department.

Intended results To highlight business issues identified by our members.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ian Talbot

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 (1)

Particularly focussed on the need for infrastructure development to support economic growth across all regions, the need to refocus the National Training Fund to provide training to SMEs and the importance of export supports post Brexit.

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.

Pat Breen Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)