Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15.5 Fte (17)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Irish Congress Trade Unions (ICTU)
EU Transparency Register
299273613885-27 First registered on 02 Jul 2014
Goals / Remit
The Irish Congress Trade Unions is the representative body for all workers and their trade unions in Ireland. It operates in two Member States, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Congress seeks to improve the pay and workplace conditions of working people, freedom of association, the right to organise and collective bargaining;
Congress seeks to achieve a just society - one which recognises the rights of all workers and citizens to enjoy the prosperity and fulfilment which leads to a good quality of life. Quality of life embraces not just material well-being, but freedom of choice to engage in the arts, culture and all aspects of civic life. This vision applies in the context of Ireland, Europe and the wider world and challenges the existing economic order.
Congress Mission
Congress will strive to achieve economic development, social cohesion and justice by upholding the values of solidarity, fairness and equality.
The primary instrument for the achieve (...)Main EU files targeted
Congress operates within all EU guidelines, and reflects EU policy and legislation in all of it's undertakings.
Address
Head Office
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
31-32 Parnell Square
Dublin 1
IRELAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
17
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 11 75% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
There are a number of key Congress staff who engage with EU Institutions on our behalf in addition there are some Executive Council and ICTU Committee Members who may from time to time represent the ICTU on EU matters.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
ICTU is a member of ETUC - European Trade union Confederation and ITUC - International Trade Union Confederation
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
Other financial info
For purpose of transparency Congress receives reimbursement for flights etc for attending at official EU Commission meetings such as Advisory Groups.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Committee on free movement of workers#X01784 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1784 #Alternate Member #C#Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211 #VAUGHAN Frank #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1211 #Alternate Member #B#Other#Produits chimiques sur le lieu de travail#Advisory Committee for Vocational Training#X01803 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1803 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Congress has been a active member of the European trade Union Confederation and supports its campaigns and may be covered under their Register
In addition the ICTU has made submissions and expressed opinions on various EU Consultations and Policy issues- Meetings
Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 03 Mar 2022 Location Dublin (IE) Subject Minimum wage proposal, Platform work proposal, Labour shortages, Right to Request Remote Working Bill, Social dialogue. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 08 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on minimum wages. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
- European Trade Union Institute
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
- European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
- EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
- The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK
- Latvijas Brīvo arodbiedrību savienība
- Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů
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Date 06 Mar 2020 Location Ireland Subject Trade Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Mar 2020 Location Ireland Subject Trade Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Apr 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings