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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
2024-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Increase in Criminal Legal Aid payment rates together with commitment to timeline for increase. Seeking meeting with Minister to discuss.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Criminal Legal Aid |
2023-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Solicitors Payment Scheme improvements
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Criminal Legal Aid |
2022-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Caron McCaffrey (Director General), Irish Prison Service
Intent: To highlight the specific issues faced by solicitors in seeking to arrange legal consultations with prisoners as well as access for children in care with parents who are in prison. It is hoped that some changes will be made to the process as a result of the lobbying
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Issues for Irish prisoners relating to visitation rights |
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Ward (Senator), Seanad; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Seeking to ensure that the DSBA Human Rights and Public Interest Committee have a role in the introduction of new C72 Forms, particularly from a criminal defence perspective. This is in circumstances where the current C72 is outdated and not fit for purpose and is currently being re-drafted by An Garda Siochana. Liaising with the Department of Justice, An Garda Siochana and various public figures in order to achieve this.
Methods: Letter, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | the introduction of new Information for Persons in Custody Form (C72) |
| — | particularly from a criminal defence perspective. |
2018-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Charles Flanagan (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: The proposal explores the opportunity to further develop Ireland as a market for international legal services and discusses the actions and investment required to maximise such opportunities and to deal with the growing needs of the Irish economy in any event.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Proposal to the Minister of Justice by the Bar Council of Ireland |
| — | the Law Society of Ireland |
| — | Dublin Solicitors Bar Association and Irish law firms regarding opportunities to further develop Ireland as a market for the provision of international legal services in a post-Brexit environment. |
2018-05-11
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Rock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The need to legislate for change in conveyancing practice by providing enhanced protections for purchasers of new houses.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To discuss and better understand recent public comments by Noel Rock TD regarding the need to legislate for change in conveyancing practice by providing enhanced protections for purchasers of new houses and to explain the various interests of the parties to each transaction and the likely reaction to and impact of any change. |
2017-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Waters (Secretary General), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: Payment for visits where evidence in a case is subject to an undertaking.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Payment for visits where evidence in a case is subject to an undertaking. |
2017-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Waters (Secretary General), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: Better access to prisoners.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Representations regarding access to prisons on behalf of members and in particular the booking system. |
2017-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: John Coyle (Head of Directorate), The Courts Service
Intent: Consultation in respect of new family law buildings at Hammond Lane
Methods: Meeting, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Correspondence and meeting regarding development of new famil law buildings at Hammond Lane |
2017-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Finian McGrath (Minister of State), Department of Health; Frances Fitzgerald (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: Commencement of section 7. Repeal of 1811 Marriage of Lunatics Act
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Minister Fitzgerald regarding commencement of Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 |