IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION)

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (2-5)
2 phone calls took place on 14 & 30 December respectively between ICBA Chair, Chris Collenette and Minister of State, Robert Troy. The strength of the Ireland Canada trading relationship was discussed in the context of the need for the Irish Government to ratify CETA sooner rather than later as to date 14 other EU states have already done so.
Virtual Meeting (1)
At the request of the ICBA on 3 September a virtual meeting took place between ICBA Chair, Chris Collenette, ICBA Vice Chair Deirdre Giblin and Minister of State, Robert Troy. The strength of the Ireland Canada trading relationship was discussed in the context of the need for the Irish Government to ratify CETA as soon as possible as to date 14 other EU states have already done so
Virtual Meeting (1)
At the request of the ICBA, on 30October a virtual meeting took place between ICBA Executive Director Kate Hickey, ICBA Member & Director of GEO Science Ireland Sean Finlay and John Hughes, DBEI. The strength of the Ireland Canada trading relationship was discussed in the context of the need for the Irish Government to ratify CETA .
Virtual Meeting (1)
At the request of the ICBA, on 13 October a virtual meeting took place between ICBA Chair Chris Collenette, ICBA Vice Chair Deirdre Giblin ,Executive Director Kate Hickey and Minister Martin Heydon, Minister of State, Department of Agriculture. The strength of the Ireland Canada trading relationship for agricultural produce was was discussed in the context of the need for the Irish Government to ratify CETA .
Virtual Meeting (1)
At the request of the ICBA, on 4 December , a virtual meeting took place between ICBA Chair Chris Collenette, ICBA Vice Chair Deirdre Giblin ,Executive Director Kate Hickey and Deputy Alan Farrell who is Past and Interim Chair of the Ireland Canada Interparliamentary Friendship Group. The timing of the Government discussion's on the ratification CETA was discussed.
Email (1)
On 18 November , an email was sent by ICBA Chair Chris Collenette to Brian Murphy in Dept. of An Taoiseach,. The purpose of the email was outline the strength of the Ireland Canada Relationship in order to encourage the Government to consider starting the process to ratify CETA.

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.