Maureen O’Sullivan

Maureen O’Sullivan

Total lobbying returns involving this official: 86

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Most Recent Title
Registrar of Companies
Most Recent Public Body
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
First Seen
23 February 2016
Last Seen
1 September 2025

Observed Titles

Registrar of Companies

Observed Public Bodies

Department of Business, Enterprise and InnovationDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentDepartment of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 9)

John Ellis

2025-09-01

Intent: Amnesty for CRO AR dates during Covod19 and new CRO Core website difficulties

Details: Request for amnesty on CRO Annual Return dates during COVID disruption to business. Request for CRO amnesty Small business relief COVID19 CRO difficulties

Methods
Spoke to CRO staff and IT manager Killian Halpin about new website functionality difficulties. Complained that CRO have ceased sending out Annual Return reminders - Email

John Ellis

2025-05-06

Intent: Amnesty for CRO AR dates during Covod19 and new CRO Core website difficulties

Details: Request for amnesty on CRO Annual Return dates during COVID disruption to business. Request for CRO amnesty Small business relief COVID19 CRO difficulties

Methods
Spoke to CRO staff and IT manager Killian Halpin about new website functionality difficulties. Complained that CRO have ceased sending out Annual Return reminders - Email

Matheson LLP

2025-01-21

Intent: If the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the 2024 Act) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, if consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.

Details: Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024

Methods
Letter sent by email to Registrar of Companies - Letter

William Fry

2025-01-17

Intent: Requesting that if the new powers of the Registrar (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024) to prescribe the forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations

Details: Joint submission with Arthur Cox LLP, Matheson LLP, A&L Goodbody LLP, Byrne Wallace, Evershelds Sutherland LLP, Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, Mason Hayes and Curran LLP, Walkers LLP and McCann Fitzgerald LLP on Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Compani, ...

Methods
The lobbying took the form of a letter dated 27 November 2024 (jointly submitted on behalf of 10 law firms, including William Fry - Letter

Intent: Prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations

Details: Requesting that, if the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercise, ...

Methods
The lobbying took the form of a letter (jointly submitted on behalf of 10 law firms including Eversheds Sutherland) and was not carried out on behalf of a client - Letter

John Ellis

2025-01-08

Intent: Amnesty for CRO AR dates during Covod19 and new CRO Core website difficulties

Details: Request for amnesty on CRO Annual Return dates during COVID disruption to business. Request for CRO amnesty Small business relief COVID19 CRO difficulties

Methods
Spoke to CRO staff and IT manager Killian Halpin about new website functionality difficulties. Complained that CRO have ceased sending out Annual Return reminders - Email

Intent: Consideration to be given to prescribing the forms of declaration for use only for declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations (assuming that any such prescribed forms will be available in a format that can be used from that date onwards).

Details: Letter sent to the Registrar of Companies at the CRO requesting that, if the new powers (under s. 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by s. 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of ea, ...

Methods
By letter sent by Arthur Cox dated 27 November 2024. - Letter

Arthur Cox LLP

2024-12-20

Intent: Requesting that, if the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.

Details: A new power under the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 be exercised in a particular manner.

Methods
Letter dated 27 November on jointly submitted by 10 law firms including Arthur Cox LLP - Letter

Intent: That consideration be given to prescribing the forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.

Details: The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024, Sections 16-20, allows declarations to be made in connection with a Summary Approval Procedure to be prescribed. In many transactions: the SAP may be carried out some time before the restricted activity concerned i, ...

Methods
Letter

John Ellis

2024-09-16

Intent: Amnesty for CRO AR dates during Covod19 and new CRO Core website difficulties

Details: Request for amnesty on CRO Annual Return dates during COVID disruption to business. Request for CRO amnesty Small business relief COVID19 CRO difficulties

Methods
Spoke to CRO staff and IT manager Killian Halpin about new website functionality difficulties. Complained that CRO have ceased sending out Annual Return reminders - Email