Representative Association Commissioned Officers

Lobbying Organisation Representative Association Commissioned Officers

Date published 03 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Defence

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Single Pension Scheme for post 2013 offciers, fixed period promotion and emplymnet T&Cs for commissioned officers.

Intended results Improvements to employment T&Cs.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Conor King

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 (1)

RACO's President (Shane Keogh), Gen Sec (Conor king) and D/Gen Sec (Derek Priestley) met with the 2 DPOs mentioned below and number of offcials in DOD, Newbridge. Issues related to employment T&Cs of commissioned officers was discussed.

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.

Leo Varadkar TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kehoe Minister of State (Department of Defence)