Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Lobbying Organisation Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Date published 14 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Lobbying by a group of CIE pensioners for the Minister for Transport to require the Board of CIE to increase their pension

Intended results That the Minister for Transport, as the single shareholder in CIE, would communicate to the Board of CIE that they would sanction an increase in the pension of a specific group of pensioners i.e. members of the 1951 Superannuation Fund

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kathleen O'Meara

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)

Kathleen O'Meara (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 CIÉ Salaried Pensioners Association

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.

Main business or activity

Company website

Contact email address ciealpensioners@gmail.com

Contact phone number 086 2771177

Contact address

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

In person meetings with Opposition Spokespersons on Transport, held in Leinster House 2000 during March and April 2025

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.

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)