IAB Ireland

Lobbying Organisation IAB Ireland

Date published 04 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Participated in the Department of Health's consultation in respect of establishing policy re the marketing of HFSS foods, shared IAB position papers with the Department of Communications, Justice ,DPC as well as the European Commison as well re the draft ePrivacy Regulation and the GDPR

Intended results To communicate the position of IAB members in respect of these proposed policy/legislative matters

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne McElligott

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 (2-5)

Specific emails shared re ePrivacy Regulation, the GDPR, and the consultation in respect of the Department of Health's HFSS food policy

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.

Helen Dixon Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)

Eanna O'Conghaile Adviser to Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Dr Alan Reilly Adviser to Minister (Department of Health)