Overwatch Report

Ibec

September–December

[Trade] Tariffs on Irish drink products in the USA

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Food] Briefing on the Irish Whiskey sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Maria Dunne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Food] EU-US trade relations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Transport] Regional Airports Programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Potential implications from the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-523/25)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Forde', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] EPO Budget & Finance Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Kelly', 'role': 'Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Legal interpretation of Article 80 of the GDPR

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Housing] An Fóram Uisce

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Energy and the broader competitiveness agenda

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] From Ambition to Action on Infrastructure Delivery

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Stewart', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Civil justice reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Suzanne Coogan', 'role': 'Press Adviser (Department of Justice)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Environment] Streamlining environmental licensing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Local Government] Economic priorities for Dublin City

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ray McAdam', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Environment] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Ibec

September–December

[Local Government] Rejuvenation of Dublin city centre

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Karl Mitchell', 'role': 'Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Employment] Query on permits

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Jenny McCormack', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Neil Ward', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Education and Training] Toolmaker Apprenticeship Programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Harry McCann', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] National Minimum Wage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Laura Mannion', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] The Open Doors Initiative

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jenny McCormack', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paul Melia', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Denise Duffy', 'role': 'Press Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colm Ó Conaill', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Business leaders in support of the Accelerating Infrastructure Report & Action Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sam Griffin', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Accelerating Our Infrastructure Ambition

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Seán Fleming', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Shay Brennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] International aspects of public procurement at the OECD

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Stewart', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan Stakeholder Event

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jasmina Behan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Ibec's EU energy and climate priorities for 2026 and Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Promote Ibec policy recommendations on strengthening Irish energy competitiveness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Bolger', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Environment] Policies and measures needed to support business decarbonisation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Heneghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Accelerating the delivery of offshore renewable energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Ken Spratt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Launch event for Ibec 'Investing for Ireland' campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Forum for private sector infrastructure deliverers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Environment] Ibec Sustainability Leaders Forum meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

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