Irish Universities Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Alan Wall (Chief Executive Officer), Higher Education Authority

Intent: COOPERATION WITH IUA

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Outlying IUA interests

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Pat McParland (Deputy Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Max Murphy (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Oonagh McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Justice; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Justice; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: COOPERATION WITH IUA

Methods: EmailInformal communicationMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Siobhan Roche (Director of Science), Science Foundation Ireland

Intent: COOPERATION WITH IUA

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: COOPERATION WITH IUA

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm O'Reardon (Secretary General), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Keith Moynes (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Amii McKeever (Special Advisor), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Paul Lemass (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Fiona O’Byrne (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Marian Harkin (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: IUA - DFHERIS synergy and cooperation with IUA

Methods: Informal communicationEmailMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Orla Nugent (Deputy Chief Executive), Higher Education Authority

Intent: Increase in UG fee rates under the Free Fees Initiative

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Keith Moynes (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: 1. Improved immigration procedures for international university students; 2. Alternative DFHERIS speaker at event. 3. providing suitable evidence and case studies to support improved immigration procedures for international university students

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: William Beausang (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Clarity of shared priorities

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Diarmuid O’Brien (Chief Executive Officer), Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland

Intent: Structured engagement between RI and universities on doctoral funding reform

Methods: EmailMeeting