Age Action (Age Action)

Lobbying Organisation Age Action

Date published 21 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025

Intended results Amendments to Bill to support longer working lives on a voluntary basis and reduced age-based discrimination in the workplace

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Camille Loftus

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Camille Loftus (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Camille Loftus (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Health)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting between Ged Nash of the Labour party and Nat O'Connor (Policy Advisor) on behalf of Age Action

Meeting (1)

Online meeting with Department of Enterprise, Tourism & Employment in relation to the Bill attended by Camille Loftus and Mary Murphy from Age Action's Advocacy and Public Affairs team

Email (1)

Email to Minister for Enterprise, Tourism & Employment, as well as TDs who are spokespersons on employment matters in opposition parties

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (Department of Health)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

George Lawlor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rose Conway-Walsh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)