Overwatch Report

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] To congratulate him on his new appointment and to introduce him to Benefacts work.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] To brief Mr Burgess about Benefacts work in the context of funding received from international donors.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Charities Institute Ireland

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Regarding the threatened closure of Benefacts, the public platform for financial, governance and regulatory data on all non-profits

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts Analytics as a solution for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Greg Dempsey', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'John Quinlivan', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'John Conlan', 'role': 'Chief Financial Officer (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Peter Carey', 'role': 'CEO (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts Analytics

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'John Conlan', 'role': 'Chief Financial Officer (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Peter Carey', 'role': 'CEO (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Jackie Maguire', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Greg Dempsey', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colette Byrne', 'role': 'CEO (Kilkenny County Council)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Oversight briefing with Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lucy Fallon-Byrne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Raising queries about future plans of the Dept vis a vis Benefacts and inviting the Minister to launch the Sector Analysis report 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing and presentation on Benefacts solutions for public sector

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)'} {'name': 'John Conlan', 'role': 'Chief Financial Officer (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paul Reid', 'role': 'CEO (Fingal County Council)'}

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting and briefing on Benefacts solutions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Minnock', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Tadhg McDonnell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Greg Dempsey', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colm Desmond', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Muiris O’Connor', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Paul Reid', 'role': 'CEO (Fingal County Council)'} + 1 more

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting to develop relationship

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting to develop relationship

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Acknowledgement and Confirmation letter

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Finnegan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)'}

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Thank you letters relating to Benefacts launch event in Fingal County Council offices on 25th July 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Paul Reid', 'role': 'CEO (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'Anthony Lavin', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Presentation to City and County Management Association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jackie Maguire', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Curran', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Leitrim County Council)'} {'name': 'Danny McLoughlin', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Tim Butler', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'} {'name': 'Des Foley', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Barbara Heslin', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Longford County Council)'} + 5 more

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Benefacts Analytics trial project

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Discuss trial Benefacts Analytics project

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlan', 'role': 'Chief Financial Officer (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Benefacts

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] To discuss future Benefacts projects

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lucy Fallon Byrne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Carey', 'role': 'CEO (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Peter Minnock', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kildare County Council)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting to update Special Advisor on Benefacts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Lynam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Invitation to speak at launch of Sector Analysis Report

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Derwin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Benefacts

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Invitation to the launch of Benefacts nonprofit sector analysis report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Derwin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Barry Lowry', 'role': 'Chief Information Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Fiona Tierney', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Public Appointments Service)'} {'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'} {'name': 'Lucy Fallon Byrne', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} + 31 more

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Sent cover letter and Benefacts Sector Analysis Report and Benefacts' Annual Report 2016

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All TDs', 'role': ''}

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Sent cover letter and copy of Benefacts first Sector Analysis report and Benefacts 2016 Annual Report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pádraig Dalton', 'role': 'Director General (Central Statistics Office)'} {'name': 'Joe Treacy', 'role': 'Director (Central Statistics Office)'} {'name': 'Richie McMahon', 'role': 'Assistant Director General (Central Statistics Office)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Banim', 'role': 'Assistant Director General (Central Statistics Office)'} {'name': 'Patricia Cronin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Michael Gaffey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} + 34 more

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Benefacts

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Briefing on Benefacts solutions for public sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Declan Rigney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Stephen Lynam', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs