List of Bodies with DPOs
Section 6 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 provides that designated public officials include the following:
- Ministers of the Government and Ministers of State
- Other Members of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann
- Members of the European Parliament for constituencies in the State
- Members of local authorities
- Special advisers appointed under section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997
- Public servants of a prescribed description
- Any other prescribed office holders or description of persons.
Below is a copy (PDF) of The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015. The Regulations provide a schedule of the Departments and Agencies who on commencement of the Regulation of Lobbying Act on 1 September 2015, have Designated Public Officials prescribed under section 6(1)(f) of the Act. The Regulations prescribe the Designated Public Officials for each body.
A public servant in a position of Secretary General, Second Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Director in a public service body specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.
Schedule 1
| The Courts Service |
| The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
| The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
| The Department of Children and Youth Affairs |
| The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
| The Department of Defence |
| The Department of Education and Skills |
| The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government |
| The Department of Finance |
| The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| The Department of Health |
| The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation |
| The Department of Justice and Equality |
| The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
| The Department of Social Protection |
| The Department of the Taoiseach |
| The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport |
| The Houses of the Oireachtas Service |
| The Office of Public Works |
| The Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
| The President's Establishment |
| The State Examinations Commission |
A public servant in a position specified in column (3) of the table in Schedule 2 in the public service body specified in column (2) of that table opposite the reference number for that public service body in column (1) is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.
Schedule 2
| Reference No. (1) |
Public Service Body (2) |
Designated Positions of Employment (3) |
| 1. | The Central Statistics Office | Director General Assistant Director General |
| 2. | The Courts Service | Chief Executive Property Arbitrator |
| 3. | The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Chief Veterinary Officer Chief Inspector Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Director of Laboratories Head of Agricultural Laboratories Head of Veterinary Laboratories Director of the Veterinary Research Laboratory |
| 4. | The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | Senior Petroleum Specialist |
| 5. | The Department of Education and Skills | Chief Inspector |
| 6. | The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | Director of Met Éireann Director of Audit in the Local Government Audit Service |
| 7. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Legal Adviser |
| 8. | The Department of Health | Chief Medical Officer Chief Nursing Officer |
| 9. | The Department of Justice and Equality | Director General of the Irish Prison Service Campus Governor in the Irish Prison Service Director of the Probation Service Director of Care and Rehabilitation Director General of Forensic Science Ireland |
| 10. | The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | Chief Medical Officer |
| 11. | The Department of Social Protection | Chief Medical Officer Chief Appeals Officer |
| 12. | The Equality Tribunal | Director |
| 13. | The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission | Director of Administration |
| 14. | The Insolvency Service of Ireland | Director |
| 15. | The Legal Aid Board | Chief Executive |
| 16. | The National Council for Special Education | Chief Executive Officer |
| 17. | The Office of the Appeal Commissioners | Appeal Commissioner |
| 18. | The Office of the Attorney General | Director General Chief Parliamentary Counsel Chief State Solicitor Deputy Director General Assistant Chief State Solicitor First Parliamentary Counsel Parliamentary Counsel Advisory Counsel Grade I |
| 19. | The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General | Secretary and Director of Audit Director of Audit |
| 20. | The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner | Data Protection Commissioner |
| 21. | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | Director of Public Prosecutions Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Chief Prosecution Solicitor Head of Directing Division Professional Officer Grade II |
| 22. | The Office of the Ombudsman | Director General |
| 23. | The Office of Public Works |
Chairman Director of Engineering Services |
| 24. | The Office of the Revenue Commissioners | Chairman Commissioner Collector-General |
| 25. | The Office of the State Pathologist | State Pathologist Deputy State Pathologist |
| 26. | The Property Registration Authority | Chief Executive |
| 27. | The Public Appointments Service | Chief Executive |
| 28. | The State Examinations Commission | Chief Executive Officer Head of Examinations and Assessments Division |
| 29. | The State Laboratory | State Chemist |
| 30. | The Valuation Office | Commissioner of Valuation and Chief Boundary Surveyor |
| 31. | The Workplace Relations Commission | Director General |
A public servant -
(a) in Dublin City Council, in a position of Chief Executive, Assistant Chief Executive, Director of Services, Head of Finance or Head of Human Resources, or
(b) in any other local authority, in a position of Chief Executive, Director of Services or Head of Finance,
is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.
The persons holding positions in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform the principal duties of which are to provide advice to the Minister, to which positions they were appointed on 10 March 2011 or 31 May 2011, are prescribed as designated public officials for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.
Divisional Manager in Cork County Council:
- With effect from 1 September 2016 a public servant in Cork County Council in a position of Divisional Manager is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.
Schedule 3
For the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015) 62 public bodies will be classified as containing public service positions which are to be considered as Designated Public Officials (“DPO”).
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2025.
A public servant in a position specified in column (3) of the table in Schedule 3 in the public service body specified in column (2) there of opposite the reference number for that public service body in column (1) thereof is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015).
| Reference No. (1) |
Public Service Body (2) |
Designated Positions of Employment (3) |
|
1.
|
Department of Defence
|
Chief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff
|
|
2.
|
Defence Forces
|
Brigadier General
Commodore of Irish Naval Service
|
| 3. |
National Transport Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer
Director of Transport Planning & Investment
Deputy Chief Executive
Director of Public Transport Services
Director of Finance & Corporate Services
Director of Public Transport Regulation
Director of Public Transport Technology
Chief Information Officer
|
| 4. | Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Chief Executive Officer
Director of Business Services
Director of Capital Programmes
Director of Network Management
Director of Commercial Operations
Director of Professional Services
Head of Land Use Planning
|
| 5. | Medical Bureau of Road Safety | Director |
| 6. | Road Safety Authority | Chief Executive Officer |
| 7. | Commission for Railway Regulation | Commissioner for Railway Regulation |
| 8. | Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) |
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Finance and Corporate Services
Head of Human Resources
Head of Operations
Head of Research
Head of ICT
River Basin District Director
|
| 9. |
Environmental Protection Agency
|
Director General
Director
|
| 10. |
Loughs Agency
|
Chief Executive Officer
Director
|
| 11. |
Sustainable Energy
|
Chief Executive Officer
Authority of Ireland Director
|
| 12. |
Central Bank of Ireland
|
Governor
Deputy Governor
Chief Operations Officer
Director
Chief People Officer
Chief Information Officer Registrar of Credit Unions Chief of Staff/Advisor to the Governor
|
| 13. |
National Shared Services Office
|
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Corporate Services
Head of Employee Services
Head of Finance Shared Services
Chief Information Officer
|
| 14. |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 15. |
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 16. |
Health & Safety Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 17. |
Personal Injuries Resolution Board
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 18. |
Competition & Consumer Protection Commission
|
Chairperson
Member of Commission
|
| 19. |
National Council for Special Education
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 20. |
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment |
Chief Executive Officer Deputy Chief Executive Officer |
| 21. |
Teaching Council
|
Director
Deputy Director
Assistant Principal
|
| 22. |
Adoption Authority of Ireland
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of Board
Deputy Chairperson of Board
Board Member
|
| 23. |
Child and Family Agency (Tusla)
|
Chief Executive
National Director of Services and
Integration
National Director of Finance and
Corporate Services
National Director of People and Change
National Director of Quality and
|
| 24. |
National Disability Authority
|
Director
Head of Policy, Research & Public Affairs
Chief Officer of Centre for Excellence in Universal
|
| 25. |
An Rialálaí Agraibhia
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of the Board
|
| 26. |
Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board
|
Chairperson of the Board |
| 27. |
Bord Bia
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of the Board
|
| 28. |
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of the Board
|
| 29. |
Marine Institute
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of the Board
|
| 30. | Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority | Executive Chairperson |
| 31. |
Teagasc
|
Director
Chairperson of the Authority
Director of Research
Director of Knowledge Transfer
Chief Operations Officer
|
| 32. |
Cuan
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 33. |
International Protection Appeals Tribunal
|
Chairperson Registrar |
| 34. |
Legal Services Regulatory Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 35. |
Parole Board
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 36. |
Private Security Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 37. |
Property Services Regulatory Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 38. |
Irish Film Classification Office
|
Director |
| 39. |
Office of the Inspector of Prisons
|
Inspector of Prisons |
| 40. |
The Pensions Authority Pensions Regulator
|
Chairperson Ordinary Member |
| 41. |
Citizens Information Board
|
Chief Executive
|
| 42. |
Water Safety Ireland
|
Chief Executive Officer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
|
| 43. |
Western Development Commission
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 44. |
Electoral Commission
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chair of Board
|
| 45. |
An Bord Pleanála
|
Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
|
| 46. |
Maritime Area Regulatory Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 47. |
Office of the Planning Regulator
|
Planning Regulator
Deputy Planning Regulator and Director of Evaluations of Local Authority Plans
Director of Planning Reviews Director of Corporate Services Director of Research, Training and Public Awareness
|
| 48. | Residential Tenancies Board | Director |
| 49. |
Tailte Éireann
|
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Chief Operations Officer Registration
Chief Operations Officer Surveying
Chief Operations Officer Valuation
|
| 50. |
Limerick City and County Council
|
Special adviser to the Mayor of Limerick |
| 51. |
Coimisiún na Meán
|
Commissioner
Executive Chairperson
Online Safety Commissioner
|
| 52. |
Health Service Executive
|
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Executive Officer
Chief Clinical Officer
Chief People Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology and Transformation Officer
National Director for Service and Schemes
National Director for Access and Integration
National Director for Communications and Public Affairs National Director for Major Capital Infrastructure Chair
Deputy Chair
Board Member
|
| 53. |
Health Information and Quality Authority
|
Chief Executive
Chief Inspector of Social Services
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health Technology Assessment Director of Health Information and Standards
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Information Officer
Director of Healthcare Regulation
Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
|
| 54. |
Health Research Board
|
Chief Executive Officer
Director of Research Strategy and Funding
Director of Corporate Operations Director of Health Information and Evidence
|
| 55. |
Quality and Qualifications Ireland
|
Chief Executive
Senior Adviser - Strategy and Risk
Director of Integration Director of Awards Director of Development
Director of Corporate Services
|
| 56. |
Higher Education Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
|
| 57. |
Solas
|
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
|
| 58. |
Science Foundation of Ireland
|
Director General
Deputy Director General
Director of Science for Society
Director of Science for the Economy
Chief Operations Officer
|
| 59. |
Irish Research Council
|
Director |
| 60. |
Corporate Enforcement Authority
|
Chief Executive Officer |
| 61. |
The Companies Registration Office
|
Registrar |
| 62. | Intellectual Property Office of Ireland | Comptroller |
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