Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 20)
Ballymun Community Law Centre
2025-09-01
Intent: A meeting with the Department of Justice to discuss collaboration on their strategic plan and possibilities for BCLC to support them.
Details: Funding for access to justice services
Officials: Oonagh McPhillips, Jim O'Callaghan
Methods: Wrote to the Minister for Justice and the Secretary General seeking a meeting to discuss services, strategy and funding. - Letter
Crosscare
2025-07-29
Intent: The intended results of the letter are to secure a meeting with Minister Jim O' Callaghan that results in urgent action in relation to long-term accommodation needs for families and individuals in IPAS accommodation who have permission to remain in Ireland.
Details: On 24 July 2025, Conor Hickey of Crosscare and David Carroll of dePaul Ireland wrote for a second time to Minister Jim O Callaghan requesting urgent action and a meeting in relation to long-term accommodation needs for families and individuals in IPAS accommodation who have permission to remain in I, ...
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Oonagh McPhillips, Doncha O’Sullivan
Methods: 1 letter sent by email - Letter
Flutter Entertainment PLC
2025-05-21
Intent: To communicate the size and scale of Flutter's operations in Ireland and abroad.
Details: Correspondence and meetings in relation to Flutter's operations
Officials: Edward Timmins, James Geoghegan, Ryan O'Meara, Aisling Dempsey, Gillian Toole, Naoise O'Cearúil, Joe Neville, Albert Dolan, ...
Methods: Correspondence sent requesting meetings to discuss Flutter's operations in Ireland and abroad. - Email, Two meetings held during the relevant period on foot of requests. - Meeting
Ibec
2025-05-21
Intent: Highlight need for skills-based system, enabling policy to allow international students in key disciplines to transition smoothly into full time employment and new data retention legislation
Details: Priorities for Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Oonagh McPhillips
Methods: Letter
Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG
2025-05-21
Intent: Increased awareness among decision makers in the areas of TUSLA Child & Family Services, Education, HSE Disability. Irish Youth Justice and Mental Health about the work that YAP Ireland does and the strong outcomes that we achieve with young people and families
Details: YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
Officials: Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Oonagh McPhillips, Grace O'Sullivan, Denise Mitchell, Fintan Warfield, Mary Butler, Elizabeth Canavan, Fergal Goodman, ...
Methods: Email sent to stakeholder including ministers and other political contacts inviting them to the YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch Webinar on 2nd April 2025 - Email, Webinar featuring a panel of guest speakers and contributions from parent and young people to launch the YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 - Submission, Email sent to stakeholder including ministers and other political contacts with links to the YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 - Submission
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
2025-05-21
Intent: To request consideration for the use of asset finance in the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat
Details: Support Scheme for Renewable Heat
Officials: Oonagh McPhillips
Methods: Letter
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
2025-05-20
Intent: To raise awareness to the research findings and ensure that key decision-makers are directly informed by it.
Details: Extend an invite to the launch of new public opinion research from DRCC, exploring public attitudes and perceptions around sexual violence.
Officials: Emma Blain, James Browne, Grace Boland, Ciairin de Buis, Erin McGreehan, Fiona O'Loughlin, Cathal Crowe, Rose Conway-Walsh, ...
Methods: Further follow-up on the invite extended to attend our public opinion research - Email, To present the research findings and ensure that key decision-makers were directly informed by it. - Event / Reception
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
2025-05-20
Intent: To secure a meeting with the Minister and key departmental officials to brief them on DRCC’s work and activities, with a view to informing and strengthening the State’s response to victim/survivors of sexual violence.
Details: Request a meeting to brief on our work and current activities
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Oonagh McPhillips
Methods: Request a meeting to brief on our work and current activities - Email
Irish Penal Reform Trust
2025-05-20
Intent: Progress legislation for increased use of community-based sanctions, prioritise the passage of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill, implement the recommendations of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction, implement recommendations of Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use and establish the Penal Consultative Council. ::Also invited Minister to give a keynote address at IPRT 30 year anniversary event and sought a meeting to discuss priorities in more detail.
Details: IPRT letter to Minister for Justice on Priorities for 2025
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Oonagh McPhillips, Ben Ryan
Methods: Letter sent by email on 7 February 2025 - Letter, Minister gave keynote address at IPRT 30 year anniversary event - Event / Reception, Executive Director met Oonagh McPhillips at seminar and spoke with her beforehand about asking Minister to speak at IPRT event. - Informal communication, ...
Irish SME Association
2025-04-14
Intent: The inclusion of a harm test; the reintroduction of transient retail defamation; action against vexatious litigation by the LSRA; the capping of defamation damages; no lift in personal injuries awards; the penalisation of SLAPP suits; control of legal costs.
Details: Defamation Amendment Bill
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Niall Collins, Robert Troy, Oonagh McPhillips, Andrew Munro
Methods: Meeting, Email