Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: Funding for the following services/activities: The continued membership in the Integrity at Work (IAW) programme for Technological Universities (TUs); Support for workers in the education sector from the Speak Up Helpline; Free legal advice regarding protected disclosures to workers in the education sector from the Transparency Legal Advice Centre, where appropriate.
Methods: Email
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TI Ireland sought the support of the Department of Further and Higher Education
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Research
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Innovation and Science for the Integrity at Work programme and related activities.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Funding for 2026 for the participation of justice agencies in the Integrity at Work programme and related supports.
Methods: Email
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Funding sought from the Department of Justice for continued support for justice agencies in respect of the management of protected disclosures.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Funding in support of the Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC), the Speak Up Helpline, and associated public-information activities.
Methods: Email
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TI Ireland sought funding from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in support of the Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC)
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the Speak Up Helpline
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and associated public-information activities.
Politician(s) lobbied: Raymond Briscoe (Deputy Chief Prosecutor), The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Intent: The identification and effective response to gaps and weaknesses in Ireland's framework for tackling complex and/or cross-border corruption and money laundering, including but not limited to changes to relevant legislation/policy, strategy, structures, cooperation or resourcing.
Methods: Meeting
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Alexander Chance met with Mr Briscoe and another (non-DPO) senior prosecutor in the context of Transparency International's STEP-EU project to discuss strengths
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weaknesses and challenges in Ireland's efforts to tackle complex and cross-border corruption and money laundering.
Politician(s) lobbied: Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To increase awareness among parliamentarians of gaps and loopholes in Ireland's legislative framework around illicit finance.
Methods: Email
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Alexander Chance wrote to Deputy Shay Brennan on 7 April 2025 to note his recent Parliamentary Questions on so-called 'section 110' Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)
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to highlight TI Ireland's long-standing concerns around potential illicit use of SPVs
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and to offer to meet to discuss these and related illicit finance issues.
Politician(s) lobbied: David Bruck (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland's active support for the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and related international mechanisms to prevent and detect bribery and corruption.
Methods: Email
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Alexander Chance wrote to Ambassador David Bruck
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Permanent Representative of Ireland to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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on 4 March 2025 requesting Ireland's continued and active support for the OECD Convention on Bribery in International Business
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and attaching a copy of a letter from the Chair of Transparency International to the Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery regarding the pause in enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: Funding for the following services/activities: The continued membership in the Integrity at Work (IAW) programme for Technological Universities (TUs); Support for workers in the education sector from the Speak Up Helpline; Free legal advice regarding protected disclosures to workers in the education sector from the Transparency Legal Advice Centre, where appropriate.
Methods: Email
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TI Ireland sought the support of the Department of Further and Higher Education
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Research
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Innovation and Science for the Integrity at Work programme and related activities.
Politician(s) lobbied: Fergal Mythen (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland's support for stronger anti-corruption provisions at the UN Summit of the Future
Methods: Letter
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Alexander Chance and John Devitt wrote a joint email to Ambassador Mythen on 13 September 2024 to advocate for Ireland to push for stronger anti-corruption provisions at the forthcoming UN Summit of the Future.
Politician(s) lobbied: Seana Cunningham (Director), Central Bank of Ireland
Intent: Central Bank support for reforms to close legislative and regulatory gaps that can facilitate illicit financial flows via Ireland.
Methods: Informal communicationEmail
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Alexander Chance spoke in person with Seana Cunningham in the margins of a Department of Justice event on 8 November 2024
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and proposed the need for reforms to close legislative and regulatory gaps that can facilitate illicit finance from overseas via the Irish financial system. On 11 November
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Dr Chance followed-up with an email to Ms Cunningham
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providing a TI paper on money laundering and corruption risks in Alternative Investment Funds.
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: TI Ireland's submission makes a number of recommendations covering structures, approaches, resourcing and other areas for improving and coordinating Ireland's response to economic crime and corruption. See https://transparency.ie/resources/submissions/2024_Strategy_Economic_Crime_Corruption for more information.
Methods: Submission
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TI Ireland made a submission to the Department of Justice on 28 November on the development of the first national Strategy to Combat Economic Crime and Corruption.
