Fórsa trade union

Lobbying Organisation Fórsa trade union

Date published 19 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Seeking support for Fórsa’s campaign to secure additional permanent roles for driver testers in the Road Safety Authority. The organisation are currently hiring a cohort of staff on temporary contracts, and the union is seeking to put an end to this practice

Intended results Seeking support for Fórsa’s campaign to secure additional permanent roles for driver testers in the Road Safety Authority. The organisation are currently hiring a cohort of staff on temporary contracts, and the union is seeking to put an end to this practice

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ruairí Creaney, Fórsa, Assistant General Secretary with responsibility for the RSA

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Fórsa members working in the Road Safety Authority who were informed that their temporary contracts would not be renewed were asked to write to their constituency TDs

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (1)

Phone call to Darren O'Rourke TD on 25th September 2023

Letter (2-5)

Letters sent to Ministers Eamon Ryan and Jack Chambers on 5th October; Letters sent to members of the Oireachtas Transport Committee4 on 12th October 2023

Email (1)

Email to Duncan Smith TD 24th October 2023

Virtual Meeting (1)

Online meeting held with Martin Kenny TD on 15th November 2023

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.

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan Minister (Department of Transport)

Jack Chambers Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lynn Boylan Senator (Seanad)

Gerard Craughwell Senator (Seanad)

Regina Doherty Senator (Seanad)

Timmy Dooley Senator (Seanad)

Gerry Horkan Senator (Seanad)