Overwatch Report

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Sustainability priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Economic Development & Sustainability priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Performance of the Forestry Programme 2023-2027

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Delany', 'role': 'Director (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Ash Dieback

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Delany', 'role': 'Director (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Increase support for forestry in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Flaherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 22 more

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Letter to Minister Richmond outlining cost concerns

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting request for Minister Higgins

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Letter to new Minister for Retail

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Support the development of the BioPharaChem Ecosystem in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Regulation on Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec Manufacturing the Future Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Market Access for beef, sheep and pork, poultry to various markets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Blake', 'role': 'Chief Veterinary Officer (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Michael Sheahan', 'role': 'Director of Operations (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Rob Doyle', 'role': 'Director (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Employment] Cost Competitiveness of doing business in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Amii McKeever', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} + 10 more

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Food Vision 2030 - Implementation of issues of relevance to the food processing sectors

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Sustainability agenda for livestock sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Bill Callanan', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Amii McKeever', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Food flavourings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] European Health Data Space

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Lennon', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aidan Ryan', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Dual language labelling

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Engineering Industries Ireland meeting in Brussels with MEP to present our policy priorities on March 20th in the European Parliament

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aidan Ryan', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 5 more

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Irish Whiskey production and exports

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Ibec Electing for Business EU campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] General EU affairs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Aingeal O'Donoghue", 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Briefing comms on Drinks Ireland event

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pádraig O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 102 more

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Single Market priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] European Works Councils

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Late Payments Regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Lobbying Tracker

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