Overwatch Report

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Business need to support skills and talent development through National Training Voucher scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Data Act and healthcare sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Digital health skills report

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Benefits of Cloud Infrastructure in Ireland's economy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McCarthy (Former DPO)', 'role': 'TD (The Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Cloud Infrastructure Ireland's Baringa 'Green Data' report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McCarthy (Former DPO)', 'role': 'TD (The Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] EU consultation on the future of the electronics communications sector and its infrastructure

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Technology Ireland announcement of the European Youth Online Data Protection Code of Conduct initiative

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] EU-wide Pharma 5.0 initiative

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Development of Technology Ireland's European Youth Online Data Protection Code of Conduct

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Market Access priorities for meat industry

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Dairy sector priorities for the OSMR Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Market Access, Agriculture and Food Supply Chain, and Sustainability for the meat industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Sinead McPhilips', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Employment] Meat Industry priorities for employment permit legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Carroll (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Calf Welfare in the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Blake', 'role': 'Chief Veterinary Officer (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Market Access

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)'}

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': 'Sinead McPhillips', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Food Vision Dairy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sinead McPhilips', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] UTP Enforcement Authority & Dairy Industry

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Genomics & Dairy Industry

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Technology Ireland priorities on the implementation of the e-Evidence legislative package

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] A Dublin region for better lives, better business

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Mac Sweeney', 'role': 'Acting Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Work programme of the Economic Development and Enterprise SPC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tom Brabazon', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Introduction of new Forestry Programme

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] Emergency support for private forestry companies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'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)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Forestry licensing crisis and delays to licensing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Delany', 'role': 'Director (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Increasing farmer participation in Forestry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Industry 5.0 and the BioPharmaChem sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Business views on Data Act and EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Irish business EU and international affairs priorities and campaign activity

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 4 more

Ibec

January–April

[EU Affairs] Agenda of European Council meeting of 23 March 2023

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Barbara Cullinane', 'role': 'Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

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