Overwatch Report

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] National Action Plan Against Racism

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Programme for Government commitment to end direct provision

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Enhancing the role of legal professionals in the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Joint Committee on Justice Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Finance] General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] Future of Work Report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Joint Committee on Justice - Courts and Courthouses

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Judicial Appointments

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Finance] European AML package

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Protected Disclosures Act 2014

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Review of the Equality Acts

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Visas for trainee solicitors from non-EEA countries

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] Taxation - legislation and practice

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Development of Hammond Lane Family Court

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Prohibition on the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Supreme Court and High Court (Fees) Order

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Finance] Transposition of Directive requiring Member States to establish registers of beneficial owners of trusts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Covid-19 - Closure of the Companies Registration Office (CRO)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Covid-19 - Parental access during the pandemic

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Covid-19 - Announcement by the Construction Contracts Adjudication Service (CCAS) that it would no longer process applications for the appointment of adjudicators

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Covid - 19 - Suspension of services by the Property Registration Authority (PRA)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'CEO (The Property Registration Authority)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Covid - 19 - Suspension by the Property Registration Authority (PRA) of the vast majority of property registrations in the State (by announcement on 30 March 2020)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Liz Pope', 'role': 'CEO (The Property Registration Authority)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Finance] Covid-19 - Urgent measures

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Finance] Covid-19 - Condition precedent to participation in the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Employment] Protection of Employment Act, 1977 and section 29 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (suspending section 12 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 for the duration of the “emergency period”)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Employment] Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Employment] Covid-19 - Solicitors encountering delays in obtaining PPS numbers (PPSNs) under the exceptional application procedure

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Finance] COVID-19 - Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Phasing out by the Probate Office of stamped fee cards for the payment of Probate Fees and issuing Grants

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Glennon', 'role': 'Examiner of the High Court (The Courts Service)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs