The Mediators' Institute of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Mediators' Institute of Ireland

Date published 17 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Work Life Balance & Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022

Intended results To provide for the inclusion of mediation as a provision of dispute resolution in the Right to Request Remote Work Bill

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?) 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.

Informal communication (6-10)

23/01/2023 Text Message (Signal) S Nutty to Seanadóir Pauline O’Reilly to arrange telephone call 24/01/2023 as above 30/01/2023 as above 31/01/2022 as above 14/02/2023 as above 15/02/2023 as above 20/02/2023 as above 27/02/2023 as above

Phone call (2-5)

30/01/2022 Phone call with Seanadóir Pauline O’Reilly re Seanad debate on Bill 31/01/2022 Phone call with Seanadóir Pauline O’Reilly re email of 30/01/2023

Email (2-5)

30/01/2023 Email S Nutty to Seanadóir Pauline O’Reilly re Seanad debate on Bill 07/03/2023 Email S Nutty to Seanadóir Pauline O’Reilly re Seanad debate on Bill

Informal communication (1)

Text Message (Signal) S Nutty to Eoin Wilson re Bill

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.

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

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