Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Communication with Irish MEP & Vice President of the European Parliament

Intended results To provide the MEP with links to our published policy papers on a range of topics including Brexit; the importance of sustainability in long term planning and STEM awareness and education. Also provided the MEP with a link to our new publication on infrastructure in Ireland called The State of Ireland 2018.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michelle Hoctor, Marketing and Communications Director, 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 (1)

One email was sent to the MEP on 31 August. Ms Hoctor had informally met the MEP when she (the MEP) was a special guest speaker at a STEM in schools engineering industry event in Sligo the previous week. One email with this information as outlined above, was sent to the MEP thereafter.

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.

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)