IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION)

Lobbying Organisation IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Date published 07 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details EU Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)

Intended results Discussion on ratification of CETA

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris Collenette ( ICBA Chair )

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)

Meeting in Iveagh House on 17th October between Eamonn Mc Kee of DFA , Goldy Hyder President and CEO of Business Council of Canada , Deirdre Giblin ICBA Vice Chair and Chris Collenette ICBA Chair.

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.

Eamonn McKee Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Foreign Affairs)