Overwatch Report

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Social Protection] Access to redundancy during Covid-19 restrictions – impact on workers who have been laid off

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Environment] Amendment to the Climate Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Environment] Amendments to the Climate Bill at Committee Stage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 19 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Environment] Budget 2022 Submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 13 more

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Housing] Amendment to the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} + 15 more

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Climate Justice policy input

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Programme for Government and reform and expansion of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 6 more

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Social Protection] Public Dissemination of Eligibility Criteria for Rent Supplement

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Social Protection] Letter congratulating the Minister on her appointment and updating her on CLM`s services and level of work during Covid-19

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Email welcoming plans to introduce a new ground of discrimination to the Employment Equality and Equal Status Acts, based on socio economic disadvantaged status and highlighting the importance of fully commencing the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act 2015

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Environment] Setting out CLM`s priorities in relation to Just Transition, highlighting the importance of working with communities and ensuring protection for the vulnerable families and communities. Also, informing him of CLM`s plans to expand its services to include a new Centre for Environmental Justice, which will focus on the intersection between inequality and environmental issues.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Community] Letter congratulating the Minister on his appointment and setting out CLM`s priorities in relation to Just Transition, highlighting the importance of working with communities and ensuring protection for the vulnerable families and communities. Also, informing him of CLM`s plans to expand its services to include a new Centre for Environmental Justice, which will focus on the intersection between inequality and environmental issues.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Letter congratulating the Minister on her appointment and setting out CLM`s priorities in relation to access to justice and reform of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Housing] Letter congratulating the Minister on his appointment and setting out CLM`s priorities in relation to housing rights, particularly the rights of people from the Traveller community. Informing him of positive ongoing engagement with department officials in relation to the recommendations of CLM`s recent report on the Caravan Loan Scheme. Also welcoming plans in the Programme for Government to reform the Fair Deal scheme and incentivise renting out vacant properties.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Requesting Government fully commence the Assisted Decision-Making Act 2015

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] CLM Pre Budget Submissions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Community] CLM`s new Centre for Environmental Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] CLM Pre Budget Submissions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Community] CLM Pre Budget Submissions

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Environment] CLM Pre Budget Submissions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Submission to the Climate Action Committee on the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 in conjunction with Community Law and Mediation and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

September–December

[Environment] A series of recommendations made in conjunction with Community Law and Mediation, St Vincent de Paul, and JCFJ

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Letter to the Minister regarding her recent commitment to review the civil legal aid scheme with CLM`s presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice attached

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] CLM Pre Budget Submissions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 17 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Seeking the new Committee members to re-visit the review of civil legal aid that lapsed with the last election.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Housing] Submission to the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage in relation to its Statement of Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Submission to the Department of Justice on Spent Convictions

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Environment] Submission by CLM, St Vincent de Paul and Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice on the Climate Action Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Deputy Whitmore to raise CLM`s concerns about the Climate Action Bill and to raise awareness of CLM`s submission on the Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Senator Boylan to raise CLM`s concerns about the Climate Action Bill and discuss energy poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

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