Overwatch Report

Herr Ltd

September–December

[Environment] Imposing an obligation for all new buildings in the 4 Dublin Areas to harvest rainwater for toilet flushing as a minimum. Giving freedom and choice to house builders and home owners to install composting toilets and to separate urine . To treat and manage these waste streams separately in a safe and hygienic manner.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Freight Transport Association of Ireland

September–December

[Transport] Driver Shortage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}

Freight Transport Association of Ireland

September–December

[Transport] FTAI managers Guide to Distribution report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}

Freight Transport Association of Ireland

September–December

[Transport] Discuss key issues in FDLS / Driver SHortage / post brexit trade / non eu work permits

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[EU Affairs] EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Employment] Current labour market shortages in the retail sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Geraldine Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Vodafone Ireland

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement as part of IDA trade mission to the UK. Discussion also covered a number of key policy areas including Shared Rural Network and the SIRO phase 2 rollout programme.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Castleknock Community Centre Association Company Limited by Guarantee

September–December

[Community] Importance of CSP and CE scheme to operate community facilities and request to consider parents who took time out of the labour force to look after their family to be permitted and encouraged to avail of the Community Employment Activation strand.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Siobhan Shovlin', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'}

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

September–December

[Education and Training] Special school buses to be considered as potential sources of infection during covid as they are shared by medically vulnerable children from different schools

Public Officials Lobbied

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

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

September–December

[Education and Training] More support for teaching principals during Covid

Public Officials Lobbied

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

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

September–December

[Education and Training] Provision for special schools and special classes to access Antigen testing as helpline and risk assessments calls often take more than 5 days, sometimes the school is never called.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education

September–December

[Education and Training] Develop a plan for Leaving Cert 2022. Students have missed too much tuition time since March 2020, and while schools are currently open, a huge percentage of staff are absent, so there is no 'in person teaching and learning'.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Vodafone Ireland

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Engagement to outline our proposal for a Shared Rural Networks, supports for the digitisation of SMEs and the European Commission's proposal for the 2030 Policy Programme 'Path to the Digital Decade’.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jean Carberry', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

SOA Research Company Limited by Guarantee

September–December

[Housing] Initial correspondence related to an email invitation to Fearghal Reidy (CCC) to a workshop on the Community Land Trust. Subsequent emails arranged a virtual presentation by SOA on Community-led Housing (CLH) and the Community Land Trust (CLT) to three members of Cork City Council senior management team.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Vodafone Ireland

September–December

[Communications] Engagement to provide an overview of our Shared Rural Network proposal, support for the Digitalisation of SMEs & relevant policy and our HiDigital programme.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Vodafone Ireland

September–December

[Communications] Engagement to provide an overview of our Shared Rural Network proposal, Hi Digital Programme, position on the focus for the Mobile & Broadband Taskforce.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Vodafone Ireland

September–December

[Communications] Engagement to provide an overview of our Shared Rural Network proposal, to address voice and data network coverage across the country.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

IRELAND CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

September–December

[Trade] Minister Troy requested meeting with the ICBA Chair & Vice Chair in advance of his planned trade mission to Canada. During the meeting, ICBA Chair and Vice Chair reminded the Minister of the ICBA’s previous advocacy in relation to the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and encouraged the Minister to continue to make ratification a government priority.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Childhood Services Ireland's proposal on staffing shortages in the Early Years sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

iCare Housing CLG

September–December

[Housing] To discuss the Mortgage to Rent scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Alliance of Age Sector NGOs

September–December

[Health] The urgent need for a collaborative and resourced programme of work to tackle ageism and the need for leadership and relevant structures to support effective implementation of the National Positive Ageing Strategy (2013)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Bassline Strategy Ltd

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Health] Engagement on the provision of adequate diagnostic tools for heart valve disease

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Enquiry into Domestic Violence Refuge Accommodation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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

September–December

[Finance] Safe Ireland Annual Activity Report 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Single email issued to all TD's and Senators with Powerpoint presentation video as an attachment. The video details the work of Safe Ireland for 2020 made possible by publicly funded bodies."}

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

September–December

[Social Protection] Domestic Violence Rent Supplement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Cisco International Limited

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on the digital agenda for rural Ireland, including on digital hubs, remote working and digital inclusion.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Environment] Letter by Chief Executive of ACE Ireland, Richard Hands to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action highlight the need for legislation to introduce recycling and recovery targets for beverage cartons in the context of the Circular Economy Bill PLS as committed to in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'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)'} + 7 more

Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Environment] Introductory email from Chief Executive of ACE Ireland, Richard Hands to highlight ACE Ireland's key objectives to benchmark beverage cartons as a renewable, recyclable, and low carbon packaging choice.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Environment] Introductory letter from Chief Executive of ACE Ireland, Richard Hands to Irish MEPs to highlight ACE Ireland's key objectives to benchmark beverage cartons as a renewable, recyclable, and low carbon packaging choice.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 more

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