RIAI

Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Shakespeare (Chief Executive Officer), Dublin City Council; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: To secure additional resources and capacity for planning and procurement functions in order to speed up project delivery timelines and achieve improved outcomes. ::To encourage a stronger policy focus on developing a long term, integrated forward planning structure that supports coordinated decision making and sustainable outcomes.::To secure staffing and resourcing of architectural and planning functions in local authorities to support housing delivery.::Registration of the title of Architectural Technologist.::To encourage a stronger policy focus on Procurement and Standards of Design.

Methods: MeetingLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack O’Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: A meeting with the Tánaiste to share RIAI policy priorities

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Inviting the Minister to attend the AoU/RIAI Ireland 2050 Conference in March in Dublin Castle

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Requesting a meeting to discuss the strategic infrastructure priorities outlined in the RIAI’s planning policy document sent

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Request sent 14 January by email asking to meet to discuss RIAI Election Manifesto

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: To discuss the delivery of housing, the new Planning and Development Act, procurement and to update the Minister on some of the current work of the RIAI : 26 March

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Inviting the Taoiseach to give keynote address at the RIAI Conference in the RDS in October 2025

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Inviting An Taoiseach to open the AoU/RIAI Conference in March 2025 in Dublin Castle

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Inviting the Minister to attend the AoU/RIAI Ireland 2050 Conference in Dublin Castle in March 2025

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To discuss addressing Ireland's housing and infrastructure challenges

Methods: Email