_id Name Business Area Grade Date of Event Offered From Description of offer Reason for Offer Estimated Value Accepted/Declined Accompanied (Yes/No) 1 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 04/07/2023 Charles Harrison, International Manager, GAA Closing ceremony dinner, GAA World Games Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 2 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 05/07/2023 Belfast City Council light refreshments, following statue unveiling Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 3 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 06/07/2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council lunch, following official opening Invited as Perm Sec £25 Declined "" 4 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 07/07/2023 Carers NI Speaking event including lunch Invited as Perm Sec £25 Declined "" 5 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 11/07/2023 Belfast Central Mission light refreshments, prior to official opening of residential care home Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 6 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 19/07/2023 Calms Stress Centre light refreshments at launch of new premises Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 7 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 19/07/2023 Managing Director, Galgorm Castle Golf Club ISPS Handa World Invitational Hospitality Event Invited as Perm Sec £100 Declined "" 8 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 01/08/2023 President and Chief Executive of Construction Employers Federation CEF Excellence Awards 2023 Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 9 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 04/08/2023 Business in the Community Responsible Business Awards in Northern Ireland 2023 Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 10 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 04/08/2023 Retail NI High Street Heroes Awards 2023 Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 11 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 10/08/2023 Deloitte Opening Ceremony - One Young World Belfast Summit Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 12 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 11/08/2023 Astronomical Observatories of Ireland Signing of Memorandum of Understanding, including light refreshments Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 13 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 17/08/2023 Clanmill Housing Official opening of new homes, including refreshments Invited as Perm Sec £25 Declined "" 14 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 21/08/2023 SEUPB PEACEPLUS Programme Lunch, including light refreshments Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 15 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 21/08/2023 Chief Executive, Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Council Conference, including lunch Invited as Perm Sec £25 Accepted No 16 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 24/08/2023 Centre for Cross Border Studies Annual Conference 2023 including evening reception Invited as Perm Sec £100 Declined "" 17 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 01/09/2023 IoD Non-Executive Director Forum Buffet Invited as Perm Sec £20 Declined "" 18 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 05/09/2023 Morrow Events - Asda ASDA Income Tracker Breakfast Briefing 2023 Invited as Perm Sec £20 Declined "" 19 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 06/09/2023 Tony Wilson, Institute for Employment Studies Dinner Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 20 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 07/09/2023 Deloitte Belfast International Homecoming Gala Dinner Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 21 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 19/09/2023 The Ireland Chair of Poetry Reception Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 22 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 21/09/2023 BBC Launch of Book Week 2023 Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 23 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 21/09/2023 Bryson Group Reception and Dinner Invited as Perm Sec £60 Declined "" 24 Colum Boyle Perm Sec Grade 2 27/09/2023 Lyric Theatre Opening Night - 'Burnt Out' Invited as Perm Sec £10 Declined "" 25 Mark O'Donnell HURLG Grade 3 27/07/2023 DLUHC, Sarah Healey Antrim and Newtonabbey Borough Council tea and biscuits at Kings Coronation Garden Offer to C Boyle to attend with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Permanent Secretary, S Healey, to visit the Glengormley Project £5 Accepted No 26 Mark O'Donnell HURLG Grade 3 11/09/2023 CEO SEUPB, G McIntyre Tea & Scones, re-usable shopping bag, packet of seeds & pot and Mobile phone cahrging cable PeacePlus Programme Launch at Newforge Community Development £15 Accepted Yes, T McKibben 27 Mark O'Donnell HURLG Grade 3 19/09/2023 Cllr Steven Callaghan QPM, Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Refreshments at Portrush Town Hall Opening of Portrush Harbour and Kerr Street Environmental Improvement Scheme £5 Accepted Yes, I McQuitty, R J Williamson, U McCrystal 28 Gerard Murray RDO Grade 5 24/07/2023 Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) As part of a site visit and project discussion, LCCC officers purchased lunch. Site visit fell during lunch. £15 Accepted Yes, Stephen Kerr, DP in RDO Southern, also attended along with LCCC officers. 29 Paul Price SHPO Grade 5 27/09/2023 NIHE Conference attendance Oversight partner £100 Accepted No 30 Paul Price SHPO Grade 5 05/10/2023 CEF Attendance at CEF Awards Dinner Sponsor £200 Accepted No 31 Angus Kerr Climate Change Division Grade 5 15/09/23-17/09/23 Event jointly organised by members of the Bar Council, the Law Society, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors invitation to attend the Oxford Joint Planning Law Conference Member of RTPI £800 Declined N/A 32 Deirdre Ward WWD Grade 3 07/09/2023 Business in the Community NI (BITCNI) Invited to Responsibly Business Awards Gala Event, which included dinner. Invite to Gala Event was extended to all on the Judging Panel - Deirdre Ward represented DfC on the panel. £60 (as per guidance) Accepted No 33 Tony Murphy CED Grade 5 15/09/2023 Seamus Heaney CALMS Event small slate photo and lines from poem launch of event £15 Accepted Yes 34 Iain Greenway HED Grade 5 27/07/2023 Cuilcagh Lakelands UNESCO Global Geopark celebration dinner in the Olde Post Inn, Cloverhill. Co Cavan UNESCO Inspection of Cuilcagh Lakeland Geopark’s with a view to retaining UNESO designation c£60 Declined No 35 Iain Greenway HED Grade 5 08/09/2023 British Irish Council Buffet lunch + refreshments To attend the the Placemaking in Practice symposium c£20 Declined No 36 Iain Greenway HED Grade 5 21/09/2023 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Light refreshments Invitation to the signing of a MoU between the AOP and DIAS c£20 Declined No 37 Iain Greenway HED Grade 5 21/09/2023 G5 Historic Environment Division Sandwich lunch and tea/coffee/traybakes To facilitate Historic Environment Stakeholder Meeting in Enniskillen Workhouse £472.50 exc VAT Accepted Yes 38 John McCord Culture Grade 5 05/07/2023 Flanders UK Celebration of Flanders Day To foster arts and creative industries links with Flanders c£20 Declined N/A 39 John McCord Culture Grade 5 05/07/2023 The ArtisAnn Gallery Opening of 'The Name of the Water' Exhibition Launch event c£20 Declined N/A 40 John McCord Culture Grade 5 21/09/2023 Astronomical Observatories of Ireland The signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Partners Invitation to the signing of a MoU between the AOP and DIAS c£20 Accepted No 41 John McCord Culture Grade 5 26/09/2023 Future Screens NI Celebration Dinner As a funder of Future Screens NI c£60 Declined N/A 42 Kathryn Hill Active Communites Grade 5 28/07/2023 Charles Harrison GAA Dublin 2023 GAA World Games to attend special closing ceremony at Guildhall at 7.00 pm on 28/7/23 Business Area - Sport - Promotion of sport c £50 Declined "" 43 Kathryn Hill Active Communites Grade 5 19/08/2023 Ciara McCartney Tourismni ISPS Handa World Invitational - Hospitality Invite Galgorm Castle Golf Club, for Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and a complimentary beverages Business Area - Sport - Promotion of sport c£100 Declined "" 44 Kathryn Hill Active Communites Grade 5 12/09/23-15/09/23 Ulster University email 3/8/23 Carmel Fyfe 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference - 12th Opening event Business Area - Sport - Promotion of sport c £20 Accepted Yes Emer Morelli attended as Speaker 45 Kathryn Hill Active Communites Grade 5 22/09/2023 Mark Scott 15/9/23 Ulster Hockey Club 1896 Titanic Belfast on Friday 22nd September at 12noon, with a drinks reception and two-course lunch included. Business Area - Sport - Promotion of sport c £50 Declined No 46 Sharron Russell VCD Grade 5 30/06/2023 Foyle Women’s Information Network Unexpected presentation - flowers and small unframed print of Derry, as a thank you. Speaker at an annual general meeting. £20 Accepted No 47 Moira Doherty ECG Grade 3 07/08/2023 Aiken PR on behalf of The Casement Park Project Board 70th Anniversary of Casement Park - refreshments served Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary c£10 Accepted No 48 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 25/08/2023 Francis McAuley, Chairperson Bethany Community Trust Bethany Community Hall Limavady Official Launch, flowers gifted Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary - Speaker at event c£20 Accepted Yes by HoD Tony Murphy 49 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 27/08/2023 Nisha Tandon, CEO of ArtsEkta Invitation to Belfast Mela 2023 - ticket value and refreshments Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary c£20 Accepted No 50 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 12/09/2023 Ulster University, Carmel Fyfe 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference - 12th Opening event Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary - Speaker at event c£20 Accepted Yes by HoD Kathryn Hill 51 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 04/10/2023 Michael Burton, Director AOP Visit to Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, gift bag accepted Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary c£10 Accepted Yes by HoD John McCord 52 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 21/09/2023 Admin team from The Astronomical Observatories of Ireland at Armagh, Birr and Dunsink Astronomical Observatories of Ireland - Invitation to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the partners Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary c£20 Declined "" 53 Emer Morelli ECG Grade 3 14/09/2023 Anthony Soares, Director Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) Guest invitation to CCBS Annual Conference Invited as ECG Deputy Secretary c£60-£120 ticket price Declined ""