Intent: Highlight the growing business and investment risks arising from the absence of a national personnel and facility security clearance capability, and to request engagement on interim solutions ahead of the establishment of the National Security Authority.
Details: Communicate business concerns in relation to national security clearance
Intent: Innovation in security and defence capabilities, reduction of regulatory burden to create economic capacity required to to fund sustain resilience measures, modernise investment frameworks, modernisation of critical infrastructure, and ensure EU support for public-private academic partnerships to advance cybersecurity.
Details: Security and defence priorities for EU Presidency
Intent: We launched our State Body Governance position paper presenting a set of strategic recommendations aimed at bolstering accountability, transparency, and oversight, with a focus on streamlining the 'Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies', and improving it to better include core principles and provisions in relation to governance. We shared these findings with Government Department Secretary Generals with the intended purposes of them reviewing & reflecting on the recommendations.
A mail was issued to all Government Department Secretary Generals sharing the paper. The IoD Ireland State Body Governance position paper presents a set of strategic recommendations aimed at bolstering accountability, transparency, and oversight, with a focus on streamlining the 'Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies', and improving it to better include core principles and provisions in relation to governance. This was issued on 23rd October 2025. - EmailA mail was sent to Minister Patrick O’Donovan, TD. Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport on 16th December sharing the recommendations of the IoD State Body Governance paper. - Email
Intent: To provide AmCham views and recommendations ahead of Budget 2026::To discuss AmCham Budget 2026 priorities with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation
AmCham met with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation to discuss AmCham's Budget 2026 submission and its recommendations - Meetinghttps://www.amcham.ie/media/yxzly54n/fv-2026-budget-submission.pdf - Submission
Advocating for a Veterans Garden Party in Arás - EmailAdvocating for expansion of services and consideration for a National Veteran Support Bureau within GPO - EmailEngagement requesting support from Defence Forces for ONE activities - Informal communication
Advocating for a Veterans Garden Party in Arás - EmailEngagement requesting support from Defence Forces for ONE activities - Informal communicationMeeting advocating for support regarding expansion of services - Meeting
Meeting advocating for further development of a comprehensive Veterans Policy - Phone callMeeting advocating for support regarding expansion of services - MeetingMeeting in Brú na bhFiann, Dublin - Meeting