Q4PR

Lobbying Organisation Q4PR

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Professional fees paid to barristers who practice criminal law by the Director of Public Prosecutions and under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Scheme.

Intended results Advancing a meaningful, independent and time-limited mechanism to determine professional fees payable to barristers by the Director of Public Prosecutions and under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Scheme.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead McGovern

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)

Stephen Lynam (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Bar of Ireland

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 145, Church St, Dublin, D07 WDX8

Main business or activity

Company website https://www.lawlibrary.ie/

Contact email address thebarofireland@lawlibrary.ie

Contact phone number +353 1 817 5000

Contact address

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Informal communication (2-5)

Meeting (2-5)

Phone call (2-5)

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.

Deborah Sweeney Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Fiona O'Connor Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Deirdre Gillane Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Sarah Bardon Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Majella Fitzpatrick Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Patrick Cluskey Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Barry Ward Senator (Seanad)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)