Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: Funding for the following services/activities: The continued membership in the Integrity at Work (IAW) programme for Technological Universities (TUs); Support for workers in the education sector from the Speak Up Helpline; Free legal advice regarding protected disclosures to workers in the education sector from the Transparency Legal Advice Centre, where appropriate.
Methods: Email
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Email sent to Aoife Cassidy on 2 March 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Funding for 2026 for the participation of justice agencies in the Integrity at Work programme and related supports.
Methods: Email
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Email and proposal sent on 19 December 2025.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Funding in support of the Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC), the Speak Up Helpline, and associated public-information activities.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email and funding proposal sent on 15 September 2025.
Politician(s) lobbied: Raymond Briscoe (Deputy Chief Prosecutor), The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Intent: The identification and effective response to gaps and weaknesses in Ireland's framework for tackling complex and/or cross-border corruption and money laundering, including but not limited to changes to relevant legislation/policy, strategy, structures, cooperation or resourcing.
Methods: Meeting
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This meeting took place at the Office of the DPP, Dublin 7.
Politician(s) lobbied: Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To increase awareness among parliamentarians of gaps and loopholes in Ireland's legislative framework around illicit finance.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email sent on 7 April 2025
Politician(s) lobbied: David Bruck (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland's active support for the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and related international mechanisms to prevent and detect bribery and corruption.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email sent on 4 March 2025. Acknowledgement of Ambassador Bruck's response to Dr Chance sent on 1 March 2025.
Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: Funding for the following services/activities: The continued membership in the Integrity at Work (IAW) programme for Technological Universities (TUs); Support for workers in the education sector from the Speak Up Helpline; Free legal advice regarding protected disclosures to workers in the education sector from the Transparency Legal Advice Centre, where appropriate.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email sent to Aoife Cassidy on 13 February 2025. Email sent to Carmel Dalton, Aoife Cassidy and Ide Mulcahy on 18 March 2025. Email received from Aoife Cassidy on 19 March 2025. Email sent to Aoife Cassidy on 20 March 2025. Email received from Aoife Cassidy on 1 April 2025. Email sent to Aoife Cassidy and John Paul Lee on 1 April 2025.
Politician(s) lobbied: Fergal Mythen (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland's support for stronger anti-corruption provisions at the UN Summit of the Future
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Seana Cunningham (Director), Central Bank of Ireland
Intent: Central Bank support for reforms to close legislative and regulatory gaps that can facilitate illicit financial flows via Ireland.
Methods: Informal communicationEmail
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Informal communication
In the margins of a multi-stakeholder event at the Department of Justice, Dublin 2, to discuss the development of the Strategy on Economic Crime and Corruption.
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: TI Ireland's submission makes a number of recommendations covering structures, approaches, resourcing and other areas for improving and coordinating Ireland's response to economic crime and corruption. See https://transparency.ie/resources/submissions/2024_Strategy_Economic_Crime_Corruption for more information.
Methods: Submission
