Overwatch Report

Ibec

January–April

[Finance] Financial Services Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Infrastructure priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Programme Manager - Tánaiste (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec geopolitical priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conor Glynn', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Competitiveness priorities for new Government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Laura Mannion', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Enterprise policies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Labour market

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Employment] Ibec's social policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aubrey McCarthy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Anaerobic Digestion & Sustainability priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Water Quality priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] TB Eradication and vet priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'June Fanning', 'role': 'Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Ibec

January–April

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Cassidy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Brian Purcell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Prof. Frank O’Mara', 'role': 'Director (Teagasc)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Water Quality priorities for the dairy industry at EU level

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Cynthia Ní Mhurchú', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 4 more

Ibec

January–April

[Agriculture] Tariff & Trade priorities for the dairy industry

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Transport] Ibec Involvement in Dublin City Council Delivery Strategy Revised Stakeholder Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan O’Brien', 'role': 'Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Transport] Storm Éowyn supply chain recovery efforts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Transposition of the third Renewable Energy Directive (EU Directive 2023/2413)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Hogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Dublin City Planning Portal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anthony Flynn', 'role': 'Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Invitation to meet with Ibec Energy and Climate Policy Committee and Sustainability Leaders Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Operations of the Unified Patent Court

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'James Kelly', 'role': 'Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Intellectual Property Office of Ireland)'} {'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Neil Ward', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Nina Brennan', 'role': 'Acting Secretary General (The Courts Service)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Dublin Place Brand

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Urban Redevelopment Working Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anthony Flynn', 'role': 'Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Local Government] Interdepartmental Group (IDG) on the Dublin City Taskforce report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Elizabeth Canavan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Exempted Development Regulations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Hogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Review of the EU procurement directives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Government priorities for public procurement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Government priorities for planning and housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Streamlining the planning system

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Hogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Dublin TDs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Geoghegan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maeve O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sinéad Gibney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Hayes', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Forty First Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Ireland and the Unified Patent Court Agreement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs