Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 19 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Engineers Ireland Annual Conference 2018 - Invitation to Speak (keynote) to An Taoiseach

Intended results Invite on behalf of the Irish engineering profession to attend our Annual Conference 2018, as the keynote speaker, to address the profession on the conference topic: Engineering a Region: Infrastructure, Industry and Innovation. Our broad all-island membership would benefit from his insights. Also an opportunity for the Taoiseach to speak directly to an audience who is crucial to the delivery of projects which are pivotal to the country’s prosperity, connectivity and sustainability.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Letter sent by Caroline Spillane, Director General of 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.

Letter (1)

Letter sent by email and hard copy in October 2017. Conference is happening in April 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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)