Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors ( AGSI)

Lobbying Organisation Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors ( AGSI)

Date published 23 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Pay Restoration - Implementation of the Haddington Road Review as agreed under Haddington Road Agreement

Intended results Have aspects of the review dealing with Pay and IR matters completed promptly and have the European Social Committee Social Committee decision giving us access to negotiate our own pay implemented. Have pay restored in a more speedy time frame and have an entitlement o negotiate our own pay and ESC decision fully delivered on.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Jacob, General Secretary, Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors

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? I made a letter available to all members of AGSI through our branch network inviting them to seek candidates in the General Election campaign to sign up to support our cause for faster restoration of pay and implementation of the European Social Committee decision

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 6th Floor, Phibsborough Tower, Phibsborough, Dublin 7

Main business or activity Trade union

Company website www.agsi.ie

Contact email address info@agsi.ie

Contact phone number 018303166

Contact address 6th Floor, Phibsborough Tower, Phibsborough, Dublin 7

Mass communications

Letter All TDs We wrote to a selection of T.D's following their election outlining what we were campaigning for and asking them to support our cause.

Email All TDs We followed up our letter to T.D's with an email containing the original letter sent by post. The email referred to our letter and we provided a copy of the letter in the email.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

We held one meeting with the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to certain aspects of the Review? of An Garda Siochana under the Haddington Road Agreement

Email (1)

We emailed selected T.D's from selected political parties asking them to make themselves available for a meeting wit a delegation from the AGSI.

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.

Frances Fitzgerald Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Micheál Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Willie O'Dea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Joan Burton Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)