Building and Allied Trades Union

Lobbying Organisation Building and Allied Trades Union

Date published 02 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Sectoral Employment Order for Construction Industry

Intended results to have contractor comply with SEO

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carl Whelan, Andy Smith

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name BATU

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 13 Blessington Street

Main business or activity Construction

Company website batu.ie

Contact email address union@batu.ie

Contact phone number 018301911

Contact address 13 Blessington Street

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

We wrote and emailed Clancy Construction and Cork CC re; compliance with SEO on site.

Letter (2-5)

We wrote and emailed ABM Construction and Wicklow CC re; compliance with SEO on site.

Letter (2-5)

letter to Hines Ireland re compliance cc'd to Micheal Martin TD, Leo Varadkar TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Alan Kelly TD, Catherine Murphy TD

Meeting (1)

Carl Whelan met with Louise O'Reilly re; a compliance agreement on Fingal CC site

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.

Ann Doherty Chief Executive Officer (Cork City Council)

Joe Kavanagh Councillor (Cork City Council)

Tadhg Keating Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork City Council)

Pat Kennedy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Frank Curran Chief Executive Officer (Wicklow County Council)

Joe Lane Director of Services or Equivalent (Wicklow County Council)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)