Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 19 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Engineers Ireland Executive Board Meeting

Intended results Information sharing with members of our Executive Board about our Pre-Budget Submission to Government for 2018.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Richard Manton, Policy Officer, Engineers Ireland shared the information at the meeting.

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)

Dr Manton, a staff member, presented to our Board on the Pre-Budget Submission by Engineers Ireland to Government. Present at the meeting was Board Member, Maurice Buckley, who is a Chartered Engineer. Mr Buckley is also Chairman of the OPW. Meeting was held in September.

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.

Maurice Buckley Chairman (The Office of Public Works)