Engineers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Engineers Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Meetings with the President of Engineers Ireland

Intended results Our President had a series of meetings with Local Authorities as part of his presidential term. The aim was to meet primarily engineers, many of them members, working in the Authorities to hear their views. (Our President worked as a Local Authority Engineer himself). In some instances, a CEO or Director of Services of the Local Authority was present. (Note that Engineers Ireland has a Local Government Division as part of it's structure of 11 Divisions).

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Quinn, President of Engineers Ireland.

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)

Cavan Co Council (27 March), Westmeath Co Council (15 April), Cork County Council (17 April), Dublin City Council (18 April). Our Associate Director of Membership, S. McDonald also attended these meetings.

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.

Pat Gallagher Chief Executive Officer (Westmeath County Council)

Owen Keegan CEO (Dublin City Council)

Tim Lucey CEO (Cork County Council)

Kevin Morey Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork County Council)

Brendan Jennings Director of Services or Equivalent (Cavan County Council)