Ibec

Lobbying Organisation Ibec

Date published 20 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Ibec’s ‘Manufacturing in Ireland, Today Tomorrow and Beyond’ Report

Intended results Spotlight the scope and scale of the manufacturing sector in Ireland Identify the need for a national competitiveness action plan to ensure future success Ensure commitment to Ibec’s policy recommendations under the headings of Taxation, Sustainability, Digital, Talent & Innovation, Trade & Supply Chain and Regulation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sharon Higgins, Ibec Member services

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members

Email All MEPs

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Letter (1)

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 An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire O'Reilly Director (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Yvonne White Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)

Fintan Towey Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)

Deirdre O'Keeffe Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Ethna Brogan Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)

Paul Quinn Government Chief Procurement Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Barry Lowry Chief Information Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

David Cagney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Colin Menton Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Patricia Coleman Director (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Ronnie Downes Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Ian Drennan Director of Corporate Enforcement (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Liam Kelly Director General (The Workplace Relations Commission)

Kevin Foley Chairman (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Declan Hughes Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Pauline Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

John Newman Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

David Hegarty Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Jean Carberry Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Seán Ó Foghlú Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)

Ken Spratt Secretary General (Department of Transport)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Kevin McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)

David Moloney Acting Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Health)

Niall Burgess Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

John Hogan Secretary General (Department of Finance)

John McKeon Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)

Jim Breslin Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Jacqui McCrum Secretary General (Department of Defence)

Katherine Licken Secretary General (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Brendan Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)