Overwatch Report

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Retail Ireland priorities for the sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Challenges for the retail sector and sustainability initiatives

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Retail Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Housing] Ibec's 'Better Housing, Better Business' campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Housing] Housing issues for businesses in Cork

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Valerie O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Divisonal Manager (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Fearghal Reidy', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Tim Lucey', 'role': 'CEO (Cork County Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Business priorities for planning reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Housing] Policy priorities in Ibec's 'Better Housing, Better Business' Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Business priorities regarding Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Darran Brennan', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Chris Donoghue', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Competitiveness challenges facing business

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Economic opportunity for Ireland through establishment of the European Patent Court

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Data priorities regarding Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Education and Training] Spending of National Training Fund Surplus

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Enhancements to the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Social Protection] Timing and implementation challenges of Pensions autoenrollment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Tim Duggan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Grant applications

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Core Funding for Early Years sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Planning Guidelines for Childcare

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Finance] Financial Service Ireland's Strategy and its overarching objective

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Finance] Banking Union, Capital Markets Union, Solvency II, IVASS, Inducements, Investment Firm Regime

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Finance] Sustainability

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Finance] Women in Finance Charter

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Ibec West Regional Executive Committee (REC) priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patricia Philbin', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Brian Barrett', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Galway City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec campaign priorities for 'Better Housing, Better Business' and 'for Peace + Prosperity'

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Social Protection] Pensions autoenrollment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Éamon Ó Cuív', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eugene Murphy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Public Health Alcohol Act

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Food] Geographic Indications

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Donohoe', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Sinead McPhilips', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'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': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Social Dialogue Process through the Labour Employer Economic Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Brian Murphy', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] The Irish Flag as a symbol for reconciliation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Leadership role business can play in helping to foster greater social cohesion in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Deborah Sweeney', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Social Cohesion

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Ronnie Downes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs