Regulation of Lobbying

Regulation of Lobbying

From the 1 January 2025 under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 424/2024) 62 public bodies will be classified as containing public service positions which are to be considered as Designated Public Officials (“DPO”) for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015). 

The CRR is a designated Public Service Body and the Commissioner is Designated Public Official (DPO).

CRR DPO.

Brian Higgission, Commissioner. 

The Commissioner performs the functions as specified in Section 14 of the Railway Safety Act 2005 (as amended).

Relevant Bodies, 

None.

More detail on the regulation of lobbying can be found at www.lobbying.ie.