Overwatch Report

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Letter sent to Minister regarding Public Procurement and Promoting Collective Bargaining

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Finance] Ensuring a Social Dimension to the EU Regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] ICTU to insist on the release of Palestinian Hunger Striker Maher Al Akhras and an end to Administrative Detention in Israel

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Employment] Wage Subsidy Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tim Duggan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Education and Training] Return to work protocol at higher level education

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Employment] Wage Subsidy Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Local Government] Public Water Services

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Employment] Apprenticeship Training

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Transport] Government Aviation Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Health] Voluntary Bodies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Employment] Employment Rights Legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[EU Affairs] Request for meeting sent to all MEPs regarding Draft Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 7 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Congress Budget Recommendations 2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Christy Burke', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 33 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[Social Protection] ICTU Brief Summary of the State of Sick Pay in Ireland Document

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[EU Affairs] EU Canada Trade Agreement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Chris Andrews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Berry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 167 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

September–December

[EU Affairs] EU Canada Trade Agreement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 32 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Regulation of Working Time

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Social Protection] Meeting with DEASP to discuss ICTU’s views in relation to social welfare rate increases.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Shanley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] to advocate that publicly funded projects should be intensively monitored for employment rights compliance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Quinn', 'role': 'Government Chief Procurement Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] executive pay

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Local Authority Members', 'role': "ictu documant 'because were worth it'"} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "ictu documant 'because were worth it'"}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] letter to all EU election candidates seeking support for the ICTU policy list covering areas such as employmnet policy, Brexit, and the european pillar of social rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Liadh Ní Riada', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Seán Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 15 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Community Employment Schemes

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Venezuela

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Environment] reform of irish Water

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Feargal O'Coigligh", 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Environment] reform of irish water

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Defence] the affilaition of PDFORRA to ICTU

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Mooney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Defence)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] private members bill on pensions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Communications] RTE

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] ICTU Brexit Paper

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Justice and Equality] State Boards

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Director General (The Workplace Relations Commission)'}

Lobbying Tracker

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