Overwatch Report

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

January–April

[Education and Training] Argued for Increasing funding for cleaning, PPE and other Covid-19 related measures in special schools

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

January–April

[Education and Training] Reverse cancellation of Junior Cert for at-risk students

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

January–April

[Education and Training] Seeking increased resources for new/developing schools

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

January–April

[Education and Training] Seeking relaxation of 5 day rule (the Teaching Council)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

January–April

[Health] Classification of frontline Domestic Violence Services staff under HSE Covid19 Vaccination Programme Roll-Out

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Frank Feighan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Tony Holohan', 'role': 'Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Kathleen MacLellan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Various politicians were asked to engaged in the twitter storm on the situation in Ivel, Iran, affecting the land ownership rights of members of the Baha'i religion.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Berry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Dept of Justice Campaign on Safety of Women in Public Spaces

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Turkey's Withdrawl from the Istanbul Convention

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Safe Ireland Discussion Document titled 'No Going Back' with proposals on the future direction of the national DSGBV strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Circulation of Disussion Document titled 'No Going Back' with accompanying letter."} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Safe Ireland sectoral update on DSGBV issues pertaining to children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

MetaCU Management DAC

January–April

[Finance] General update on the issues faced by credit unions in the market and impact on operations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Vodafone Ireland

January–April

[Communications] Engagement discussed data flows and trade, as well as non-personal data and Brexit.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Tergnum Properties Limited

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Lobbying in respect of Zoning of land at Mungret Village Co. Limerick

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat Daly', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Vincent Murray', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'James Collins', 'role': 'Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Daniel Butler', 'role': 'Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Joe Leddin', 'role': 'Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Dan McSweeney', 'role': 'Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)'} + 3 more

Ibec

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Regional engagement on Ibec's Experience Economy campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Irish Wildbird Conservancy

January–April

[Heritage] Action to address declines in bird species

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Hannah Hamilton', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Co signatory to an open letter sent to An Taoiseach and cc'd to some Ministers and TDs requesting EU reversal of its blockage of the "waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention, containment and Treatment of Covid 19" and announce that Ireland will no longer support opposition to the temporary COVID 19 WTO waiver of certain TRIPS provision. Also asking for support of the WHO Covid 19 Technology Access Pool

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 7 more

Tralee Chamber Alliance

January–April

[Local Government] Tralee Pavements Phase 3 - Traffic Management Plan for Tralee of Summer 2021.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': "Terry O'Brien", 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': 'Jim Finucane', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': 'Mikey Sheehy', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': 'Sam Locke', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': 'Cathal Foley', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} + 2 more

Irish Funds Industry Association CLG

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Legislative Agenda & Key Priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tom Hanney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Fórsa trade union

January–April

[Environment] Requested to meet Minister Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Gov and Heritage in relation to Government proposals for the future of water services.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Sunago Ltd.

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Meeting (online) with Minister Roderic O'Gorman to discuss school-aged childcare (SAC) sector in Ireland, impact of Covid-19 on the SAC sector, and survey research on Irish parents’ experiences of childcare during lockdown

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Temporis Ireland

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Meeting with Director of Services, Development Management to update progress on Planning Compliance for permission for Longview Estates, 753 Unit consent in Ballyvolane, Cork

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Adrienne Rodgers', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork City Council)'}

Fórsa trade union

January–April

[Employment] Sought support for the contents of Fórsa's submission on the draft EU directive on adequate minimum wages.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maurice Quinlivan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 3 more

Fórsa trade union

January–April

[Employment] To set out key issues affecting Fórsa members in health and social-care. Seek full political support and commitment for the community-led health and social-care intervention model envisaged in the Sláintecare Plan. To communicate the critical role grades, groups and categories represented by Fórsa will play in delivering this.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Irish Deer Commission

January–April

[Heritage] Publication of "Bovine Tuberculosis: The Emergence of a New Wildlife Maintenance Host in Ireland" Scientific Paper

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

The Alternative Investment Management Association Limited

January–April

[EU Affairs] Capital Markets Union, AIFMD, ELTIF, DORA, AML

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

Fingal Chamber of Commerce

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with Local Authority re Fingal Local Business supports

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'AnnMarie Farrelly', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': "Emer O'Gorman", 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Fingal County Council)'}

Fingal Chamber of Commerce

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement with Local Authority

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary T. Daly', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}

Sisters of Mercy

May–August

[Environment] TDs to address weaknesses in the Climate Bill and support its passage into law. Some of the weaknesses were addressed by the lobbyist

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Trade] Uplift members emailed members of the Climate Action Committee asking that CETA is not dropped from the committee's agenda

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Uplift

January–April

[Trade] Phone call with Cllr Conor McGuinness asking him to keep CETA on the Climate Action Committee Agenda

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conor D. McGuinness', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'}

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