Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
EirGrid Group plc
EU Transparency Register
984555020606-52 First registered on 10 Feb 2016
Goals / Remit
EirGrid Group is the TSO operating and developing the electricity grid in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Main EU files targeted
DG ENER: Communications, impact assessments, Commission working documents, consultations, legislative initiatives (Energy Union Strategy, Third Energy Package, Energy Efficiency, RES Directive, Security of Supply Directive, network codes/guidelines, REMIT and transparency, Energy Infrastructure Regulation, European Strategic Investment fund, etc. )
DG COMP: Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines (EEAG) – Decisions and investigations performed by the Commission.
EU Parliament: legislative procedure and more specific the ITRE and ENVI Committee activities (reports, opinions, etc.)
EU Council: Energy Council
Others: Financial legislation (MIFID, MIFIR, EMIR, MAD, etc.), Omnibus legislation (EU Parliament/Council – delegated/implementing acts), etc.Address
Head Office
160 Shelbourne Road
Dublin 4 D04 FW28
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Feb 2019
Name Start date End Date Mr Fintan Slye 23 Dec 2016 23 Dec 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Rosemary Steen (External Affairs Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Foley Mark (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
ENTSOE (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity)
https://www.entsoe.eu/Pages/default.aspx
Renewable Grid Initiative - http://renewables-grid.eu/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
1,139,000 € (Source: CEF)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
11 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 Jun 2022 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject REPowerEU Plan; EU Energy Platform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy priorities for the Commission, introduction to Eirgrid’s activities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Celitc Interconnector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2019 Location Dublin Subject Agri Matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject renewables grid intergration Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Dublin Subject Address Conference Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Ireland Subject Address Annual Conference Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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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 - Environmental Protection Agency
- Irish Wind Energy Association
- Irish Bioenergy Association
- ESB
- Irish Farmers' Association
- Environmental Pillar
- Gas Networks Ireland
- An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland
- Greenpeace European Unit
- ABP Food Group
- Ibec
- The Institute of International and European Affairs, Brussels
- Electricity Association of Ireland
- University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Agri Matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location BERL 08/304 Subject energy developments in Ireland Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
- Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
- Meetings