Institute of Physics

Lobbying Organisation Institute of Physics

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details The importance of taking physics skills

Intended results Would like representation of the department at our upcoming skills meeting

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr. Michael Kyle

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)

Emailed to the constituency office and followed up with calls

Phone call (6-10)

Calls to the Ministers office to try to arrange a time to meet to talk about policy related to physics

Meeting (1)

Meet the Minister in his office in Kildare street to talk about the importance of physics in overall science policy formation and to inform that we at IOP are organising a skills meeting in relation to specialised area of physics, where some departmental involvement would be good.

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.

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)