The Mediators' Institute of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Mediators' Institute of Ireland

Date published 17 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Right to Remote Working Bill

Intended results To include the mediation process in the Bill: We suggest that Head 12 includes a specific recommendation that Employers and Employees engage in Mediation as an intervention to resolve disputes arising under the Request Remote Work Bill 2022.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Stiofán Nuty

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)

Stiofán Nutty (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

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 (1)

Letter – (email & hard copy) - MII President to Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and Min DETE Letter copied to Roderic O’Gorman, Min for Children

Informal communication (2-5)

Text Messages (Signal) S Nutty to Eoin Wilson to arrange telephone call

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Eoin Wilson to discuss content of MII letter

Letter (1)

Letter – (email & hard copy) - MII President to Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and Min DETE Letter copied to Roderic O’Gorman, Min for Children

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.

Eoin Wilson Special Adviser (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)