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 Raising the mandatory retirement age for public service workers

Intended results The introduction of legislation as quickly as possible to give effect to the Government's decision to raise the mandatory retirement age for public service workers

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 (1)

Correspondence to Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe in December welcoming the announcement that the retirement age for public sector workers is to be raised to 70 and urging that the legislation to give effect to this be brought forward as quickly as possible.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)