Irish Educational Publishers' Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Educational Publishers' Association

Date published 22 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Proposal by Department of Education to ban/phase out workbooks in schools.

Intended results Inform DES about usefulness of workbooks for teachers and to seek research used to formulate the proposal to ban workbooks

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cliodhna O'Donoghue

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Irish Educational Publishers' Association

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address EDCO Offices, Walkinstown, Dublin 24.

Main business or activity publishing educational textbooks

Company website iepa.ie

Contact email address cliodhna.odonoghue@gmail.com

Contact phone number 086 2490813

Contact address 3 Clonfadda Wood, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

letter to Minister for Education in relation to the requirement for workbooks in the classroom.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Department of Education officials headed up by Gary ODonnchadha at his offices on April 25, 2017

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.

Gary Ó Donnchadha Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)