The Institute of Directors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Institute of Directors Ireland

Date published 13 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details State Body Governance

Intended results To brief Minister Chambers and the Secretary General of the Department of Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform about the IoD Ireland paper on State Body Governance.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caroline Spillane CDir, CEO, IoD 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.

Meeting (2-5)

A meeting took place with the Secretary General and Kevin O'Brien to brief them on the recommendations and findings in the new IoD State Body governance paper on 24th March. A second meeting was held with Kevin O'Brien and Patricia Hennessy to discuss the findings further on 24th April.

Email (1)

An email was sent on 19th February from the IoD Ireland CEO to Minister Chambers, ccing relevant policy colleagues and the DPER Secretary General. This email included the final draft of the IoD Ireland state body governance paper. In the email, we outlined some of the main aims around the paper, and noted we would appreciate the opportunity to have a meeting to discuss this further.

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.

David Moloney Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)