Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)

Lobbying Organisation Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)

Date published 19 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details General Scheme of the Civil Reform Bill, and broader judicial review reforms

Intended results To express FLAC's concerns and recommendations about proposed judicial review reforms.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eilis Barry and Christopher Bowes

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?) No

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.

Email (1)

Letter sent by email dated 19 March 2026 to Jim O’Callaghan TD, Minister for Justice, Home, Affairs & Migration; Jack Chambers TD, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation; Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport, and; James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Meeting (1)

In person conversation with Mr Andrew Munro, Head of Legislation for Civil Justice, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration at the Department of Justice offices on 16 April 2026.

Email (1)

Letter dated 21 April 2026 copied to Andrew Munro, Head of Legislation for Civil Justice, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

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.

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

James Browne Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Andrew Munro Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)