American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

Lobbying Organisation American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details National Risk Assessment 2017

Intended results American Chamber comments on the draft National Risk Assessment 2017, highlighting matters of importance to a strong Ireland-US economic relationship.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Redmond, CEO American Chamber of Commerce 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 (1)

The American Chamber's comments to the Department of the Taoiseach's draft National Risk Assessment 2017. This included the importance for Ireland to have a STEM talent pipeline and the significance of a robust national cyber security system.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)