Overwatch Report

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Representative actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill, 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Representative actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill, 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Representative actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill, 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Newham', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] EU Directive on the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Finance] Central Bank Strategic Plan 2019-2021

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Collective Redress provision in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting with Minister to discuss capacity support for the Consumers' Association of Ireland under provisions of the New Deal for Consumers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Communications] Formal Dispute Resolution for ECS/ECN end users by ComReg

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alex White', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] DBEI Proposed EU Directive on Better Enforcement & Modernisation of EU Consumer Protection Rules

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] LSRA Consultation on Education & Training of Legal Practitioners

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conan McKenna', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] DBEI Public Consumltation on Gift Vouchers and Expiry Dates

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Trade] Legislation to provide consumer rights for Gift Vouchers, fees and Expiry Dates

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Food] Levels of Acrylamide in food.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Future Funding of Domestic Water Supply

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pádraig Ó Céidigh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

January–April

[Arts] Public Consultation on the Resale of Tickets for Entertainment and Sporting Events

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Rising Costs of Motor Insurance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Communications] General Commercial Communications Code

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alex White', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Community] Breach of Consumer Protection Act, 2007 - Omission of IWAK Development Fee to consumers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Food] Establishment of EU-Wide legal limits on the presence of Acrylamide in Foods.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Social Protection] Sale of Internet-connected toys, Child Protection and Data Protection

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The increasing cost of Motor Insurance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Food] Working Group to develop Code of Practice for Food Marketing, Promotion and Sponsorship

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Consumers' Association of Ireland

September–December

[Food] Origin Labelling of all food products

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs