Overwatch Report

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Meeting with Cllr Fiona Bonfield to discuss dementia-specific services and supports.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fiona Bonfield', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'}

Irish Tax Institute

September–December

[Taxation] Meeting of the TALC Indirect Taxes Sub-committee (The minutes of this meeting have been published by TALC).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Hanlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

September–December

[Environment] Climate Neutrality

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Irish Tax Institute

September–December

[Taxation] Meeting of Main TALC. (The minutes of this meeting have been published by TALC).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Therese Bourke', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Emily Swift', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Beefplan Movement

September–December

[Agriculture] Matters of significance to Irish Cattle & Beef farmers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 9 more

Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Taxation] Energy Taxation Directive

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Aingeal O’Donoghue', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} + 6 more

Community Platform

September–December

[Finance] Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Emailed once'} {'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'emailed once'} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'All Ministers emailed once'} {'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Farrelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 330 more

Home and Community Care Ireland

September–December

[Health] Meetings on general home care issues

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Martin Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eileen Lynch', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Siobhán McArdle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'} + 1 more

Irish Tax Institute

September–December

[Taxation] Meeting with the Collector General's Division in relation to the operation of ROS Business Systems.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Irish Tax Institute

September–December

[Taxation] Meeting of the TALC Collections Sub-committee. (The minutes of this meeting have been published by TALC).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Larysa Gerasko', 'role': 'Ambassador (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Community Platform

September–December

[Social Protection] Emailed Niall Egan, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Social Protection. It was a follow-up to a meeting sent to Minister Dara Calleary in June about the Department’s consultation on a successor to the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 requesting an opportunity to meet the Minister and Departmental officials and discuss a draft of the Strategy to allow for meaningful engagement before the strategy is finalised.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Egan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Transport] EV Charger Network

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Simon Communities of Ireland

September–December

[Housing] The Development of the Priorities and Policy Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ibec

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Ibec Galway office launch

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'John Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kiera Keogh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Roche', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Community Platform

September–December

[Community] Emailed a letter to the Deputy John Paul O’Shea, Chair of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development requesting that they hold a meeting on Poverty on the week of the 17th October UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "John Paul O'Shea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Request for an increase to the National Meals on Wheels Network budget in 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Simon Communities of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] The Office of the Ombudsman -Statement of Strategy 2026-2028

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Elaine Cassidy', 'role': 'Director General (Office of The Ombudsman)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Community] Invitation to Oireachtas Members to attend the 10th Anniversary of the National Meals on Wheels Network conference

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Initial email sent with invitation and 3 follow up/reminder emails'}

Dublin Chamber of Commerce

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Dublin Chamber response to Budget 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Press release - https://www.dublinchamber.ie/News-and-Media/Press-Releases/ArtMID/1536/ArticleID/1631/Dublin-Chamber-Reacts-to-Budget-2026'}

Dublin Chamber of Commerce

September–December

[Taxation] Dublin Chamber response to Budget 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Press release - https://www.dublinchamber.ie/News-and-Media/Press-Releases/ArtMID/1536/ArticleID/1631/Dublin-Chamber-Reacts-to-Budget-2026'}

Plan International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] International development and Ireland's EU Presidency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Gaffey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Gas Networks Ireland

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] GNI (Ciara Russell, Head of Legal and Emer Walsh, CLO ) engaged with Liz Pope, Tailte Eireann at a meeting on 17 November. Emer Walsh and Ronan Galwey emailed Fintan Towey, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Housing on the 19th December.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fintan Towey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'Chief Operations Officer (Tailte Éireann )'}

Liquid Gas Ireland

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Correspondence with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Darragh O'Brien, seeking a meeting to discuss the key policy priorities for Liquid Gas Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Farrell (Former DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Plan International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] International development and Ireland's EU Presidency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Dublin Chamber of Commerce

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Dublin Chamber response to Budget 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Press release - https://www.dublinchamber.ie/News-and-Media/Press-Releases/ArtMID/1536/ArticleID/1631/Dublin-Chamber-Reacts-to-Budget-2026'}

Immigrant Council of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Organised a coordinated email action where supporters emailed their local TDs requesting changes to the upcoming International Protection Bill 2025 to introduce safeguards proposed by the civil society Coalition on the EU Migration Pact.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'We are a part of the Coalition on EU Migration Pact. The communication was sent by another coalition member.'}

CUMANN LEABHARLANN NA H-EIREANN. (THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND)

September–December

[Education and Training] Pre budget submission by the Library Association of Ireland School Libraries Group seeking expansion of the JCSP Deonstration Project

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Immigrant Council of Ireland

September–December

[Social Protection] Request to engage with Roundtable event on Barriers faced by Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Immigrant Council of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Update concerning the support needs of Ukrainians in Ireland, coinciding with the visit to Ireland of President Zelenskyy of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

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

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