Overwatch Report

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Briefing of Key note speaker for Future of Ireland event on 18th April

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Lillis', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Communication to Candidates of the upcoming European Parliament Elections and Directors of Elections to seek their support for three key priorities for third level students and universities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Niall Blaney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Pauline O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 21 more

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Research infrastructure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 7 more

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Research Infrastructure; Governance matters; University Funding in the context of upcoming Budget; PreBudget Submission; LegislationFunding Challenges and governance issues in the university sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Colm O'Reardon", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': "Patrick O'Donovan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 30 more

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Education and Training] Apprenticeship matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Climate Action Roadmap Delivery Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'}

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Education and Training] Priorities for investment in Higher Education including National Training Fund; Manifesto for Future Talent & Innovation; Invitation to Higher Education Debate

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'John Carroll', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Carol Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 31 more

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Regulation compliance- ERDF regulations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Lillis', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

September–December

[Education and Training] Hustings Event to debate funding for higher education in advance of the 2024 General Election

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Joe O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pauline O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Universities Association

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Research Infrastructure-The specific outcome sought was for a commitment to research infrastructure investment in party manifestos.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Universities Association

September–December

[Education and Training] Support for IUA manifesto priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Universities Association

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Manifesto ‘ask’ - political parties commit to honouring government commitment to closing the gap in core funding for higher education on a staggered basis over five years, and to closing the remaining gap to fully bridge the €307m per annum funding gap, including inflationary effects

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Universities Association

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Continued funding & retention of the Department. of Further, Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Pay Awards granted under the Building Momentum public sector process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Third Level Graduate Programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Digital skills

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Clustering

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Leaving Cert Results timeline

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Funding the Future

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Leaving Cert Results timeline

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dalton Tattan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Leaving Cert Results timeline

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] PATH 2 - 1916 Bursaries Programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Additional places in health professions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Education and Training] Introductory discussion on research policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Lillis', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Budgetary matters] Funding for Ukrainian students who are granted temporary protection

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Exploratory meeting to highlight the role of universities as a strategic national asset and to explore opportunities to support the work of the DoF

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Colm O'Reardon", 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Exploratory meeting to highlight the role of universities as a strategic national asset and to explore opportunities to support the work of the DoF

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Colm O'Reardon", 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Universities Association

January–April

[Budgetary matters] Research funding and policy issues

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Education and Training] Higher education policy & funding

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Lillis', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Universities Association

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Strategic HR Forum Meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs