Public Relations Consultants Association (Ireland) - (PRCA) (PRCA )

Lobbying Organisation Public Relations Consultants Association (Ireland) - (PRCA)

Date published 17 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details To advise the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and at the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, of the public procurement challenges faced by members of the PRCA as well as the Association's recommendations for enhancing the public procurement system for communications and public relations services.

Intended results Enhancement of the public procurement system for communications and public relations services as part of the National Public Procurement Strategy.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Martina Quinn, Chair Public Relations Consultants Association (Ireland)

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

On 15/02/2024, the PRCA sent a position paper to Ossian Smyth, TD, Minister of State, Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery & Reform and Department of Environment, Climate & Communications. The paper summarised the public procurement challenges faced by members of the PRCA as well as the Association's recommendations for enhancing the public procurement system for communications and public relations services.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)