Overwatch Report

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] Stamp Duty on Appeals from Detention Orders (made under section 19 of the Mental Health Act, 2001)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Niall Cody', 'role': 'Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Draft Planning and Development Bill 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Land Registry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'CEO (The Property Registration Authority)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Taxation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Hanlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Law Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Companies Registration Office

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Maureen O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Registrar of Companies (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] International Protection Procedure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Role of Sheriffs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Stjohn O'Connor", 'role': 'Director (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Gender Pay Gap

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Legal Aid

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Local Government] Requesting LGMA to liaise with the Law Society Conveyancing Committee about provision of publicly available information on roads and services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paul Hogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Housing] To establish whether a member of the Law Society Conveyancing Committee could become member of the expert group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Meeting 6 December 2023 to discuss Tailte Eireann change in policy to reject solicitor’s applications for registration without providing a reason

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Property Registration Authority)'} {'name': "Liam O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Tailte Éireann )'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Submission on private member's bill (Seller's Pack)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Deficiency in Planning & Development Bill 2023

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paul Hogan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Justice and Law Reform issues including family law, conveyancing and funding for the courts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Statutory Declarations and Statements of Truth in Conveyancing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 & Assisted Decision-Making Capacity (Amendment) Bill 2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign 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': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Housing] General Scheme of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Unitary Patent Treaty & Unified Patent Court

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Citizen's Assembly on Gender Equality

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] Consultation on a Territorial System of Taxation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Communications] Consultation on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Access to the legal profession

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Employment] WRC Guidelines

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Liam Kelly', 'role': 'Director General (The Workplace Relations Commission)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mark Garrett (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Marc MacSharry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGahon', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

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