British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Various meetings with Oireachtas Members and Department Officials.

Intended results To promote and develop UK-Ireland trade

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John McGrane

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)

10 January: Meeting with Ambassador Adrian O'Neill at trade Mission in Cardiff

Lobby day (1)

12 January: Meeting with Minister Michael Creed at trade Conference in Killarney.

Event / Reception (1)

18 January: Meeting with Ambassador Adrian O'Neill at Business Dinner in Irish Embassy, London.

Event / Reception (1)

15 January: Meeting with Minister Helen McEntee at DCU Brexit Institute Conference.

Event / Reception (2-5)

13 March/15 March/16 March: Met with Ambassador Adrian O'Neill and Minister Pat Breen TD at Receptions in Irish Embassy, London.

Event / Reception (1)

18 April: Lunch with Minister Pat Breen TD and Welsh Trade delegates.

Meeting (1)

25 April: Meeting at Government Buildings with Taoiseach Leo Vardkar, John Calinan and Brian Murphy. Also attended by the Chamber's Patron Niall FitzGerald KBE.

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.

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Helen McEntee Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Adrian O'Neill Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

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

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

John Callinan Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

Brian Murphy Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)