Overwatch Report

Insurance Ireland

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish insurance industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} + 8 more

Irish Sailing Foundation (ISF)

May–August

[Sports and Recreation] The lobbying intent was to raise awareness of our submission to the Department of Sport of our ask to make a Special Allocation in Budget 2026. The ask was for €5m to fully renovate and restore a derelict building in Dun Laoghaire for use as a National Sailing Performance HQ. This new building will replace the shipping containers which are currently in use, but which have no toilet, shower or changing facilities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Starrus Eco Holdings, a subsidary of Beauparc Utiliites

September–December

[Environment] Raising the awareness of our constituency TDs and DCEE officials of significant delays of more than 24 months with EPA's licensing unit

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emer Currie', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Martina Hennessy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Neurological Alliance of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Establishment of a cross-party group to raise awareness of neurological conditions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Edward Timmins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John Paul O'Shea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Pádraig O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 23 more

Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA)

September–December

[Agriculture] Request to be aware of the potential significance of PFAS restriction for Veterinary Medicine availability

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA)

September–December

[Agriculture] Request to be aware of the potential significance of regulatory divergence for Veterinary Medicine availability

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Diabetes Ireland

September–December

[Health] To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat the Cope Gallagher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Medical Emergency Response

September–December

[Health] Medical Emergency Response Ireland engaged with individual members of the Oireachtas in relation to public policy on emergency preparedness in schools and allergy awareness. Engagement focused on discussing the findings of MER’s national report on medical emergency preparedness in Irish schools, including current levels of staff training, access to emergency medicines and awareness of existing regulatory and policy frameworks.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Rory O'Connor (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Mark Duffy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Shane Curley', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Farrelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Evanne Ní Chuilinn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Lir Communications Ltd

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Education and Training] Raise awareness about Explorium and engage following the publication of the C&AG Report.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lorraine Hall (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': "Maeve O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Albert Dolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Encouraging elected representatives to take part and provide assistance in supporting local Alzheimer's Memory Walk events, which is an annual fundraising and awareness campaign by The ASI

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gearóid Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Fergal Dennehy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Michael Looney', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Gobnait Moynihan', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'}

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Create and awareness of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland's Friends of ASI initiative within local communities to make them more welcoming to people impacted by dementia.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Liam Madden', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Fiona Bonfield', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Damian Boylan', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Eileen Lynch', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "John Paul O'Shea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kate Lynch', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} + 5 more

MSD

September–December

[Health] Health Policy Awareness

Public Officials Lobbied

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

FleishmanHillard Brussels

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Health] Raising awareness about the role of nutrition in reducing cardiovascular disease in Europe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Sherry Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Health] A communications campaign on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer Ireland (registered charity) to help raise awareness for the disease and to call on government to introduce at least one rapid diagnostic pancreatic cancer clinic, where patients can be seen and investigated within two weeks of referral.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Duffy (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email to all TDs and Senators, including the Minister for Health, highlighting the incidence of pancreatic cancer in Ireland, the problems associated with diagnosis and the urgent need for a rapid diagnostic clinic'} {'name': 'Meeting All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'All Oireachtas members were invited to a presentation at government buildings by Pancreatic Cancer Ireland and leading healthcare professionals, to outline the issues surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in Ireland, highlighting the urgent need for a rapid diagnostic clinic'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Awareness and invitation to the All Island VAW report recommendations on housing and legal remedies.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Raise awareness about NOffLA's concerns about unregulated online sellers of alcohol

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Barry Heneghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Geoghegan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tom Brabazon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Health] Raise awareness of NOffLA’s ongoing work and policy priorities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Finance] Raise awareness about NOffLA's concerns in relation to business costs in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Finance] Raise awareness about NOffLA's concerns in relation to alcohol excise duty in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Chambers Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Whole-of-Government Circular Economy Strategy 2026–2028 — strengthen ambition by shifting from awareness-raising to concrete delivery of circular actions across priority sectors.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Electricity Association of Ireland (EAI)

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Raise awareness of a series of policy papers published by the Electricity Association of Ireland (EAI) that outline the collective view of the Electricity Sector on achieving our post-2030 Zero e-Mission Future. These policy papers follow on from a 2020 study prepared by the EAI and MaREI SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine Research and Innovation on what the all-island electricity system needs to look like in 2030 on the way to fully decarbonised e

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Carroll', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': 'Paul Bolger', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Vulcan Consulting Limited

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Agriculture] Raising awareness of the economic importance of the Irish horse racing and breeding industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Bradford (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Garrett Ahern', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Fearghaíl', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Q4PR

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Raise awareness of concerns of digital sector re State/Commission for Regulation of Utilities connections policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jackie Gallagher (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor to the Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Mediahuis Ireland Group Limited

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] To raise awareness of the importance of independent media in Ireland and urge Government support to address industry challenges

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Mackin (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Stephen Lynam (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Patrick O’Donovan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Programme Manager - Tánaiste (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': "Naoise O'Cearúil", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish League of Credit Unions

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] To raise credit union issues and awareness of credit union activities, financial literacy, funding, and the future forty publication

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Harrington (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Maeve O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Peter 'Chap' Cleere", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'} + 1 more

Irish League of Credit Unions

September–December

[Housing] To attend a housing seminar and raise awareness of credit union's impact and opportunities in mortgages

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Harrington (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Mullooly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Dyslexia Association of Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Coghlan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gerard Craughwell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Denis Landy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Terry Leyden', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 315 more

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

September–December

[Health] Raising public awareness of brain health and improving sport inclusion for people impacted by brain conditions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Curran', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Andrew Reddington', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} {'name': 'Alan Harney', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} {'name': 'Clodagh Higgins', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 1 more

Irish Penal Reform Trust

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Letter to raise awareness of IPRT's priority asks for budget 2026 on criminal justice related matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Fair Seas Ireland

September–December

[Environment] Tagging DPOs on Twitter - raising awareness levels of MPA process in Ireland and Europe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

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