The Honorable Society of King's Inns

Lobbying Organisation The Honorable Society of King's Inns

Date published 11 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details We advised heads of government departments (Secretaries General)of availability of part-time Irish Lawyer Linguist programmes at the Inns in the 2018/19 period and urged that they consider sending suitably qualified staff to attend same

Intended results Attendance at our courses by staff responsible for the use of Irish as an official language of the European Community

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean Aylward, Under Treasurer / CEO

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)

Sean Aylward (Former DPO) Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)

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.

Letter (1)

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.

Aidan O'Driscoll Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Maurice Quinn Secretary General (Department of Defence)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Derek Moran Secretary General (Department of Finance)

Niall Burgess Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Jim Breslin Secretary General (Department of Health)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Seán Ó Foghlú Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)

Oonagh McPhillips Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Claire Loftus Director of Public Prosecutions (The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions)

Damien Moloney Director General (The Office of the Attorney General)