Age Action (Age Action)

Lobbying Organisation Age Action

Date published 09 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Mandatory retirement and Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement) Bill 2016

Intended results Passage of the Mandatory retirement and Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement) Bill 2016

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Justin Moran

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.

Letter (2-5)

Correspondence to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe TD seeking their support for the Bill to move to Select Committee stage.

Email (2-5)

Email correspondence to Deputy John Brady regarding progress of the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement) Bill 2016 and to Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald TD to follow up on a meeting regarding the Action Plan for Jobs (see below).

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald TD as part of a discussion with the community and voluntary pillar on the Action Plan for Jobs 2018.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Fitzgerald Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)