Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Lobbying Organisation Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Date published 18 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details request by agri business to employ low paid workers from non EEA countries

Intended results to listen to lobbying by department of agriculture on behalf of red meat processing and horticulture sectors

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity peter rigney industrial officer

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)

this was lobbying of Congress by the Department of Agriculture. Meeting held 14 March in Agriculture House. Congress listened to the case made by the department on behalf of 'high volume low margin' industries in red meat and horticulture. The departmnet subsequently claimed that the details of the request and the parties on behalf of whom the lobbying was conducted was commercially sensitive.

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.

Sinead McPhillips Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)