Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin (NUID UCD)
EU Transparency Register
539145619702-32 First registered on 30 Nov 2015
Goals / Remit
UCD is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education,masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.
The international standing of UCD has grown in recent years; it is currently ranked within the top 1% of institutions world-wide. UCD is also Ireland's most globally engaged university with over 30,000 students drawn from over 120 countries, and includes 5,500 students based at locations outside of Ireland.
The University's Strategy 2015-2020 outlines the objectives and major strategic initiatives set in place in order to accomplish UCD's mission and vision for this era.
To achieve the vision of the UCD Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020 we will pursue ten key objectives:
• Increase the quality, quantity and impact of our research, scholarship and innovation.
• Provide an educational experience that defines international best practice.
• Consolidate and strengthen our disciplines.
• Conduct strong interdisciplinary research and education in important areas of national and global need.
• Attract and retain an excellent and diverse cohort of students, faculty and staff
• Build our engagement locally, nationally and internationally
• Develop and strengthen our University community.
• Further develop world-class facilities to support the vision.
• Adopt governance, management and budgetary structures which enable the vision.
• Overcome financial, human resource management and other external constraints.
The spectrum of research and innovation at UCD encompasses individual scholars, small, medium and large research groups, start-up companies and large-scale collaborations with industry and other partners. Research is conducted within each of the University's extensive range of disciplines, and in multidisciplinary research programmes addressing challenges of global scale.
UCD is Ireland's University of first choice, leading in first-preference applications in Ireland year after year; as well as being the university of first choice for international students coming to Ireland. The University attracts top students: some 1,525 of the 1st year entrants in 2014 achieved 500 Leaving Certificate points – just 10% of all Leaving Cert students attain these results. The first year retention rate is 98% and over half of UCD undergraduates progress to graduate studies.
UCD is globally recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning – 9 subjects are ranked in the top 100 in the world out of 30 subjects (QS World University Ranking by Subject 2015) and the University is first in Ireland in 12 subjects. This quality of teaching is complemented by a high standard of support.Main EU files targeted
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation: Horizon 2020 (and previous FPs); Vocational Education, Learning, Staff/Student Mobility and Partnerships: Erasmus+; Knowledge and Innovation Communities launched by EIT, European Technology Platforms and PPPs.
Address
Head Office
UCD Research Office
Belfield Campus
Dublin
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Nov 2019
Name Start date End Date Ms Triona MCCORMACK 30 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Complementary Information
UCD employs over 1,484 FTE academics and researchers who are supported by over 1,686 FTE professional services staff. Moreover 1,580 phd students are enrolled.
UCD also has a dedicated Research and Innovation Office beside the support staff in Colleges and Schools, to support academics with research support of EU and non EU grants: around 150 people.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Dipti Pandya (Senior Manager - Research Programmes)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Donal Doolan (Head of Financial Management)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
15,064,000 € (Source: Framework and non-framework programmes)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
UCD is the top Irish university for obtaining European funding for research (projects funded in the four-year period 2007-2010), and 27th in Europe.
In 2013/14 UCD researchers secured €114 million in research grants from national and international funding agencies, companies and foundations. Since 2004 UCD researchers have secured over €1 billion in such grants. UCD has had nationally-leading success in many of the most prestigious European awards, including the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie schemes. As Ireland's leader in innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation, UCD's commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship recognises the importance of actively participating, contributing and collaborating to exploit leading-edge research and development outputs. In 2014 UCD was ranked 5th among European universities for its track record in educating successful entrepreneurs.- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 02 Jul 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject CMU, digital finance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Deirdre O’Hea (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Agricultural Innovation and Research for Development Cooperation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jul 2016 Location Ireland Subject Opening of UCD Hyperspectral Imaging Laboratory Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 13 May 2016 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject EU energy and climate agenda for 2016 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Irish Bioenergy Association
- ESB
- Irish Farmers' Association
- Electricity Association of Ireland
- Environmental Protection Agency
- An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland
- Greenpeace European Unit
- ABP Food Group
- Ibec
- The Institute of International and European Affairs, Brussels
- Gas Networks Ireland
- Environmental Pillar
- EirGrid Group plc
- Irish Wind Energy Association
- Meetings