Overwatch Report

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Participation in the Revenue Commissioner's Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) - various updates sought and views shared.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael Gladney', 'role': 'Commissioner (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Commencement of Limited Liability Partnerships

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Ireland as a centre for international dispute resolution

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Perjury & Related Offences Bill 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Local Authorities Tax Clearance Procedures

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Section 13 & 14 of Local Government Rates and Others Matters Act 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Implementation of policy and content of statutory instruments by the Patents Office

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gerard Barrett', 'role': 'Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Employment] Preliminary observations on the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Access to Justice and Legal Aid: Appearance before the Oireachtas Justice & Equality Committee on 27 November 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Ó Donnghaile', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Employment] Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime)(Amendment) Bill 2018: Attendance before the Oireachtas Justice and Equality Committee: 13 November 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[EU Affairs] Submission on the transposition of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Directive 2019/790)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Philip Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Dermot Mulligan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Examination of issues of online harassment, harmful communications and related offences: Oireachtas Justice & Equality Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Local Government] Tax Clearance requests by Local Authorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Commission on the Future of Policing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Submission details included within the Society's Policy and Law Reform Newsletter, available at https://www.lawsociety.ie/policyandlawreform. \n\nSign up to our newsletter at: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Solicitors/Representation/Policy-and-Law-Reform/newsletter/ \n\nThe full submission may be accessed at: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Submissions/"}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Submission to the Law Reform Commission's Programme of Law Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "The Society's submission was referenced in our Policy and Law Reform Newsletter. Sign up to the Newsletter at: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Solicitors/Representation/Policy-and-Law-Reform/newsletter/ \n\nThe submission may be accessed at https://www.lawsociety.ie/submissions"}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] The Society's submission to the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'The submission was included as part of our Policy and Law Reform Newsletter. The submission is available to read at https://www.lawsociety.ie/submissions\n\nSign up to our Policy and Law Reform Newsletter here: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Solicitors/Representation/Policy-and-Law-Reform/newsletter/'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Review of the Childcare Act 1991

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Our submission was included in our Policy and Law Reform Newsletter. The submission may be accessed directly at https://www.lawsociety.ie/submissions.\n\nSign up to our newsletter at: https://www.lawsociety.ie/Solicitors/Representation/Policy-and-Law-Reform/newsletter/'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] Participation in the Revenue Commissioner's Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) - various updates sought and views shared.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Declan Rigney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Protection of purchaser when acquiring property from a relevant person, as defined in the Assisted Decision Making Act 2015

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Amendments to the Data Protection Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Submission on Ireland's Combined 5th, 6th and 7th Periodic Report to the UN Committee on Racial Discrimination

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Law Society Pre-Budget Submission 2019 on issues of Probate & Taxation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Benefit-in-kind on professional subscriptions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Supporting the European Convention on the Profession of the Lawyer

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Parts 4 & 7 – Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 - Co-decision making agreement and enduring powers of attorney.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Strenghtening the legal protections for a charitable company limited by guarantee, when its directors cause the charity to act ultra vires the objects in its Memorandum of Association.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] GDPR and Family Law Proceedings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

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