Overwatch Report

Age Action

May–August

[Social Protection] Pensions, Total Contributions Approach

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Age Action

May–August

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting on 5th June 2018 between the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Community and Voluntary Pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Stack', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Irish Road Haulage Association

May–August

[Transport] Preparation for Brexit and Rosslare Port

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Gleeson', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Age Action

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2019 DEASP Pre Budget Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Age Action

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Age Action

May–August

[Budgetary matters] National Economic Dialogue

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Road Haulage Association

May–August

[Employment] Proposed amendments to workplace relations legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Director General (The Workplace Relations Commission)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Age Action

May–August

[Social Protection] Attendance at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tim Duggan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

daa plc

May–August

[Employment] Engaged with DPO regarding proposed legislation on variable working hour contracts.(Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Road Haulage Association

May–August

[Transport] Budget Submission on Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme and diesel price equalisation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Edward Brophy', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'John Carroll', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Hogan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} + 19 more

Environmental Pillar

May–August

[Environment] Input to Seanda debate reaction to Government amendments to Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

John Gallagher

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Development of storage / back up systems to assist developmnt of wind energy related to EU 2020 renewable energy targets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marcella Corcoran Kennedy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

May–August

[Community] Queries in relation to funding for local heritage projects; and on the the issue of flooding given the design of footpaths outside the INOU's office.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Nial Ring', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

May–August

[Budgetary matters] As part of the Community Platform, the INOU signed a letter to Minister PaschalDonohoe asking him to support the development of an innovative participatory process for groups experiencing social exclusion, poverty and inequality in the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the setting up of the Irish SDG Stakeholder Forum.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

May–August

[Education and Training] A letter to Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton T.D. seeking his support for a waiver of QQI re-engagement fees for community based providers.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Macra na Feirme

May–August

[Community] Community Engagement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'William Parnell', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI)

September–December

[Transport] Engagement with the Department of Transport about Brexit contingency planning, the potential requirement for Green Cards and how this can be avoided if Article 8 were to be applied to the UK

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ray O’Leary', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Health] On May 29th Ava Battles, CE MS Ireland and Olga Estridge, Services Manager met with with Senator John Dolan and discussed the Business Case for the Care Centre.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network

May–August

[Education and Training] ECCE Programme Overage Consultation - Open Policy Debate - Consultation on the proposed change to the rule exemption on the upper age of limit of the ECCE Programme. Eight Children’s Rights Alliance member organisations and individuals were invited to attend the consultation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Pack2Go Europe

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Environment] Pack2Go Europe’s plan to develop a collection and recycling scheme for disposable food & beverage packaging in Dublin

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Social Justice Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Sent an email to all sitting TDs, Senators and MEPs giving them access to the document that constitutes our response to Budget 2019. Each year, we produce a 24 page document analysing the national budget and publish on our website

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Emailed a link to our Budget 2019 Analysis document'} {'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': 'Emailed a link to our Budget 2019 Analysis document'}

Purple Property Management Ltd

September–December

[Housing] Requesting meeting to promote business activity

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Margaret Geraghty', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Fingal County Council)'}

Midlands Simon Community

September–December

[Housing] At a Political Briefing hosted by the Simon Communities of Ireland, Emma Mannion (Manager of the Midlands Simon Community Emergency Accommodation Service in Athlone) briefed Deputy Peter Burke on the current level of funding for emergency services in the Midlands.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Lahiffe & Associates

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Finance] Submission on CP116 (Mortgage Intermediaries)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gary Tobin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Food] Safety concerns regarding tethered caps for carbonated beverages

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ennis Chamber of Commerce

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting to discuss the impending Economic Development Plan for Ennis, Commercial rates and how to encourage Housing development within the Town

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat Dowling', 'role': 'CEO (Clare County Council)'}

Institute of Physics

September–December

[Education and Training] Shortage of physics teachers

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA)

September–December

[Transport] Direct letter to the Minister for Transport informing him of the joint Declaration by numerous European countries in regard to the Social Agenda in Aviation - Towards socially responsible connectivity.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

British Irish Chamber of Commerce

September–December

[Trade] 5 September 2018: #Agenda2018 Agri-Food Seminar in Dublin

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

British Irish Chamber of Commerce

September–December

[Trade] 22 November: #Agenda2018 Life Sciences Seminar in Cork

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mick Finn', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs