Overwatch Report

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Engagement with Oireachtas Committee on Energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gillian Toole', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'William Aird', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Naoise Ó Muirí', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Heneghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Communications to Chair and Vice Chair of Oireachtas Joint Committee on EU Affairs and Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, urging action on Hungary’s ban on upcoming 4 October Pécs Pride march.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Garret Ahearn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter conveying our concern at Hungary’s banning 4 October Pécs Pride march, and that Amnesty Ireland's Director and global Amnesty colleagues will march in effort to see it proceed safely and peacefully

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[EU Affairs] Handover at Government Buildings of over 10,000 signatures to our petition calling on Taoiseach and Tánaiste to ‘Shred the EU-Israel Association Agreement’, with cover letter

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Retail Excellence Ireland

September–December

[Employment] Pre Budget - cost of doing business

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

September–December

[Tourism] Meeting request to discuss new national tourism policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Brian Keegan', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

September–December

[Tourism] New national tourism policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Declan Hughes', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Peter Chap Cleere to discuss the needs of the Carlow business community

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Peter 'Chap' Cleere", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Sustainable Projects Ireland CLG

September–December

[Housing] Cloughjordan Ecovillage cannot finish its development due to the local town's wastewater treatment system being over capacity.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Ryan O'Meara (Former DPO)", 'role': 'TD (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': "Ryan O'Meara", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'JP O’Meara', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Christopher O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Made representations to get a young person accepted on housing list

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Darragh Moriarty', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

September–December

[Local Government] Update meeting to discuss the activities of the County Council and progress on areas of economic development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Coilin O'Reilly", 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Carlow County Council)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter calling for Irish Government action on US Administration's ICC-related sanctions against three Palestinian human rights NGOs, al-Haq, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Food] Roundtable of interested partners looking to readicate food poverty locally.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Daithí Doolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Ray Cunningham', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

September–December

[Tourism] Budget 2026 submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] To discuss government policy and plans to reduce the cost of the doing business for SME's

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Callaghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Joe Neville', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Clendennen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Brief conversation at NESC conference

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG

September–December

[Budgetary matters] To discuss the Chamber's pre budget submission with our local TDs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Callaghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Natasha Newsome Drennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Routine Bi Lateral with DSP

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Teresa Leonard', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Joint letter to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Energy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Johnny Guirke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Roche', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat the Cope Gallagher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Liam Quaide', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Goldman Sachs Asset Management International

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] EU Savings & Investment Union, simplification agenda and equity market structure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gerry Cross', 'role': 'Director (Central Bank of Ireland)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Finance] Roundtable with members of civil society

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gabriel Makhlouf', 'role': 'Governor (Central Bank of Ireland)'} {'name': 'Colm Kincaid', 'role': 'Director (Central Bank of Ireland)'}

Autism Support Louth&Meath

September–December

[Education and Training] the Notify NCSE programme, lack of awareness, parents not knowing they had to use this new system and no late application process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gerald Nash TD (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (The Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Rare Diseases Ireland

September–December

[Health] Implementation of National Rare Disease Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Professor Mary Horgan', 'role': 'Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'}

Irish Bioenergy Association

September–December

[Agriculture] Meeting took place with Minister Healy-Rae at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Kildare Street, to discuss and lobby the minister on a number of forestry and biomass related items.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

County Meath Chamber

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Meath LEO

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara McGowan', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'}

Irish Episcopal Conference

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] To discuss funding implications for a DFA funded entity following internal re-structuring.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Fiona Penollar', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish SME Association

January–April

[Budgetary matters] Availability of the Power Up grant

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish SME Association

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Making known the ISME policy priorities for the program for government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Irish SME Association

January–April

[EU Affairs] Late Payments Regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Irish SME Association

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Ensuring that the incoming administration is aware of the issues facing SMEs in 2025 and beyond

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Lobbying Tracker

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