Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details March Lecture on Public Housing

Intended results Staff from Dublin City Council presented on the topic of public housing at a talk organised by the Civil Division of Engineers Ireland. They were asked to speak by the division as the topic - The Role of Engineers in the Delivery and Management of Public Housing - would be of great interest to both our civil and structural engineering members and our member-engineers in the public sector. Under "Housing for All", Dublin City Council has been set targets to increase social housing supply. The "Dublin City Council Housing Delivery Action Plan (2022-2026)" is the Council's plan for the delivery of social and affordable housing in order to meet the targets in "Housing for All".

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mr Murt Coleman, voluntary member of our Civil Division would have helped to organise speakers

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)

Planning emails would have been sent ahead of the event - re theme etc.

Event / Reception (1)

The hybrid lecture/talk on the topic named above, took place for our members on 27 March.

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.

Coilín O'Reilly Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)

John Flanagan Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)