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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 17)
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Adrian O'Higgins (Special Advisor), Department of Justice; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Call upon the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs & Migration to complete the full restoration of cuts that were applied to the fees of criminal barristers during the period 2008-2011 in the forthcoming Budget 2026
Methods: Letter, Phone call, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Criminal Legal Aid - Restoration of Professional Fees paid to barristers |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: To ask the Minister for Justice to establish a meaningful, independent, time-limited and binding mechanism to determine adequate fee structures and fee rates for independent, expert barristers who provide civil legal aid.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Enhancing Civil Legal Aid Access |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To have this item considered for inclusion on the agenda of Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs & Migration
Methods: Meeting, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request for Civil Legal Aid Review to be prioritised in the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice |
| — | Home Affairs & Migration |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Removal of Temporary Emergency Measure
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Continued application of an 8% reduction to the professional fees of counsel instructed by the CSSO |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Angela Denning (Chief Executive Officer), The Courts Service
Intent: Publication of appeals to the High Court from Circuit in the Legal
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Circuit Appeals to the High Court and listing in the Legal Diary |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; Adrian O'Higgins (Special Advisor), Department of Justice; Suzanne Coogan (Press Adviser), Department of Justice; Carole Sullivan (Director), Department of Justice
Intent: Raise with the Minister the impact of the continued cuts to professional fees who provide services under the Legal Aid Board Civil Legal Aid Scheme
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Civil Legal Aid |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Marion Berry (Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions), The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Helena Kiely (Chief Prosecution Solicitor), The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Intent: Discuss proposed amendments to the ODPP rules document of 2018
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Review of ODPP Rules Relating to Payment of Fees to Counsel |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; Doncha O’Sullivan (Deputy Secretary), Department of Justice
Intent: Discuss implementation of the Asylum Procedures Regulation (EU) 2024/1348
Methods: Phone call, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EU Migration & Asylum Pact |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Dr. Brian Doherty (Chief Executive Officer), Legal Services Regulatory Authority
Intent: Progress discussion, submissions and implementation of the recommendations
Methods: Meeting, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Implementation of LSRA Barrier's Report Recommendations |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Seeking that the Irish Government intervene to secure the safety of the judges and their families.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Support for Afghan Judges |
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