Overwatch Report

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Covid-19 - Ongoing engagement with the Department of Justice & Equality

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Covid-19 - Statute of Limitations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Law Society of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Covid-19 - Ongoing engagement with the Courts Service

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Angela Denning', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Courts Service)'} {'name': 'Peter Mullan', 'role': 'Head of Directorate (The Courts Service)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Hurley', 'role': 'Head of Directorate (The Courts Service)'} {'name': 'Seán Quigley', 'role': 'Head of Directorate (The Courts Service)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Covid-19 - Ongoing engagement with the Courts Service

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Angela Denning', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Courts Service)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Finance] Tax Administration Liaison Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Philip Brennan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Covid-19 - Services offered by the Companies Registration Office (CRO)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Maureen O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Registrar of Companies (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Section 32 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Public Consultation on Investment Screening

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Setting the discount rate in personal injury lump sum awards

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Employment] Public Consultation on Guidance for Remote Working

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Section 16 (10) of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Finance Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Agriculture] Public consultation on the draft General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Health] Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 13 more

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Resumption of services by the Property Registration Authority (PRA)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Courts Service Users Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Angela Denning', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Courts Service)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Programme for Government 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Ronnie Downes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael Flahive', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': "John O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} + 6 more

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Working Group on Remote Hearings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Audrey Leonard', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Courts Service)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Working Group on Actions in Personal Injuries

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Angela Denning', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (The Courts Service)'}

Law Society of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Finance] Revenue policy and practices arising from relevant legislation

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 - provisions in relation to guardian ad litem

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] UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, commencement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015, Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and a review of the Mental Health Act 2001

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] Committee on Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] General Scheme of the Family Court Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] New online Revenue Form SA 2 Statement of Affairs (Probate)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Cody', 'role': 'Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Finance] Finance Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Consultation on Department of Justice Strategy Statement

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Law Society of Ireland

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] New CORE Customer Portal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Maureen O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Registrar of Companies (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs