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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 40)
Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Intent: A range of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) issues are discussed at these TALC subcommittee meetings. Legislation and policy can be discussed in addition to administrative matters.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | TALC BEPs Meeting on 29 April |
Politician(s) lobbied: Don Culliton (Director of Services or Equivalent), Irish Prison Service
Intent: Improvements to the Irish Prison Service to facilitate solicitors representing clients who are in custody.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Prisons |
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To provide Law Society feedback on the development of the new safeguards for the deprivation of liberty by the Department of Health.
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Law Society response to a consultation by the Department of Health on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Legislation. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To provide Law Society feedback and comments on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025.
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission re General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 |
Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Amii McKeever (Special Advisor), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: To communicate with the Minister on topics including, widening access to the solicitor profession, the proposed oversight model for professional legal education, the SUSI grant scheme, enhancing skills across the profession via Law Society Skillnet, aligning programmes with the NFQ, Law Society initiatives and future opportunities.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion with the Department with respect to Law Society educational priorities |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Attempting to arrange a meeting between the Department of Justice, the DSS and the Law Society on the topic of Enduring Powers of Attorney.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Enduring Powers of Atttorney |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The Law Society intended to provide its feedback on the General Scheme of the Bill including on varied topics such as pension adjustment orders, allowing notaries public to act as solemnisers of civil marriages, and on the various criminal law offences proposed by the Bill.
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Law Society submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Niall Cody (Chairman), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Paul Hogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: The Law Society provided considerations on practical legal issues and anomalies resulting from the introduction of RZLT under the Finance Act 2001
Methods: Letter, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Law Society submission to the Revenue Commissioners |
| — | the Department of Housing |
| — | and the Department of Finance on Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: The Law Society sought to provide recommendations on reforms to Irish bail laws, including on the granting of bail, the enforcement of bail, and the commission of offences while on bail.
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Law Society submission on the efficacy of Irish bail laws |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The Law Society provided comments on the General Scheme which aimed to bring the Irish juvenile justice system in line with international standards.
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Law Society submission on the General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024 |
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