Irish Exporters Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Exporters Association

Date published 22 Jul, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details IEA submission: Trade and investment strategy

Intended results For the Minister and officials to incorporate IEA members views on a renewed trade and investment strategy.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Simon McKeever

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.

Submission (1)

Our submission followed a virtual meeting on the issue that took place on 1 July with the Trade Division within the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. All IEA written submissions are published on our website: https://irishexporters.ie/submissions/iea-submission-trade-and-investment-strategy/

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 Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Philip Kelly Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)