Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 14 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Inter-Party event on the future of Infrastructure

Intended results This was an initiative of Engineers Ireland ahead of the February General Election, i.e. an open event, seeking the viewpoints of political parties in a round table format on the topic of Ireland's infrastructure and priority areas. Note the event did not proceed.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aoife Ní Mhaoláin and Michelle Hoctor at Engineers Ireland.

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 (2-5)

Emails were sent and phone-calls were made in advance of this event to the offices of various political parties. The persons listed below had an interest in the event and in accepting our invitation to speak. (Note, the event did not proceed).

Phone call (2-5)

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.

Gerry Horkan Senator (Seanad)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Ciarán Cuffe MEP (European Parliament)