AONTAS

Lobbying Organisation AONTAS

Date published 16 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Meetings held in Brussels with MEPs and/or staff for MEPs Matt Carthy, Sean Kelly, and Mairead McGuiness

Intended results Meetings held with MEPs and/or their staff in order to propose areas of mutual interest. The goal is to develop new champions for education in Brussels.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Benjamin Hendriksen

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 (2-5)

3 Meetings were held in Brussels inside the European Parliament. Meetings were held with MEP Sean Kelly and his political advisor; as well as staff for MEPs Matt Carthy and Mairead McGuinness.

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.

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Matt Carthy MEP (European Parliament)