Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Minister for Education and Skills launches Engineering 2019 - our barometer report on the profession

Intended results 'Engineering 2019' is an annual publication edited and produced by Engineers Ireland. The aim of having the Minister present was to inform him about the report findings i.e. trends in engineering employment, education and perspectives.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity 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.

Email (1)

Email was sent in January inviting the Minister to launch our report during Engineers Week 2019.

Event / Reception (1)

The publication was launched by Minister McHugh on 6 March in front of an invited audience at 22 Clyde Road, Dublin 4 during Engineers Week. There were a number of speeches and a presentation of the findings of the report.

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.

Joe McHugh Minister (Department of Education and Skills)