Shannon Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Shannon Chamber

Date published 17 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Employment (Miscellaneous Provisons) Act 2017

Intended results Request that consideration be given to the points set out and recommendations made in Chambers Ireland briefing paper on this issue. Of particular concern: 1. The criminalisation of certain offences by employers. 2. Obligations on offering surplus hours to existing staff, regardless of qualification. 3.Banded hours. 4.Regulation of Zero Hour contracts

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber

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.

Email (1)

A follow-on email to that sent, and included in Lobbying Return (1 May 2018 to 31 Aug 2018) requesting that the DPO work to have the changes requested and recommendations made in Chambers Ireland position paper on this issue be taken on board. This email was responded to by the DPO on 11 Sept. 2018.

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.

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)