Irish Exporters Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Exporters Association

Date published 21 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Need to examine whether Govt support is needed for Irish SME's who had not hedged GBP sufficiently ahead of the Brexit Vote

Intended results That Govt is aware of the risks to SME's and whether it would consider providing assistance to SME's adversely affected by the movement in GBP

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Meeting with Minister Mitchell O'Connor and with officials on 24/6/2016 - post UK referencum. Meeting with Eugene Forde DJEI Principal Officer on 31/08/2016. Meeting of the Department of the Taoiseach Bexit Group 7th June, and Export Trade Council 15th June

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.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Rory Montgomery Second Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Dermot Curran Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)