Brown O'Connor Communications

Lobbying Organisation Brown O'Connor Communications

Date published 20 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Remote working issues for cross-border workers

Intended results Support from political representatives for a change to the legislation that currently prohibits Irish resident employees of a Northern Ireland based company from remote working / working from home in the Republic of Ireland when required for employment, personal or other business reasons.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris Brown

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Cross Border Workers Coalition

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address C/O 55-59 Titanic Suites, Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FE

Main business or activity Representative Body

Company website https://crossborderworker.com/

Contact email address info@crossborderworker.com

Contact phone number 02890726024

Contact address

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Emails were sent to DPO's to introduce the group them and ask for a virtual meeting.

Virtual Meeting (6-10)

Meetings which varied between 30mins and 1 hour took place on Zoom.

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.

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Elisha McCallion Senator (Seanad)