Eugenie Houston BL

Lobbying Organisation Eugenie Houston BL

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details discrimination against barristers who are not members of the Law Library private club; letter from AG Seamus Woulfe re judicial conduct; access to court records, rule of law violation; staffing numbers in Naas Court Office

Intended results Progress on rule of law violations re access to justice, compliance with requirements as EU Member State

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eugenie Houston

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?) No

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.

Email (2-5)

emails to Minister for Justice and/ or cc to Minister for Justice 26 May 2022, 16 June 2022, 13 July 2022 The cc'd emails were also addressed to the Chief Justice and Baker J, and another to Birmingham P

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.

Helen McEntee TD Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)