Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Forum on Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Intended results This was a Forum (and Technical Conference) for our members and others, held in Kilkenny on 1 March. One of the aims of the event was to inform the Minister of State about the work of Engineers Ireland and additionally, through our guest speakers, how applied artificial intelligence is enhancing the business performance of companies in Ireland.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity South East Regional branch of Engineers 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.

Event / Reception (1)

Our Applied AI Forum was the first in a series of Fora that we in Engineers Ireland are hosting in 2019. It was held at the Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny with over 200 people in attendance, primarily engineers and students. Minister of State D'Arcy (who is a Minister of State with special responsibility for Financial Services and Insurance) was invited by email and had intended to come to speak at the Forum but had to remain at Leinster House to vote. The Forum was organised by our South East Regional Branch, in conjunction with our head office. The Minister asked for his speech to be read out at the event, which it was.

Email (6-10)

In addition to the original email to the Minister of State, email invites were also sent to other DPOs and of those listed below, Mr Buckley did attend.

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.

Michael D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Colette Byrne CEO (Kilkenny County Council)

Maurice Buckley Chairman (The Office of Public Works)

John Brennan Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Pat Millea Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)