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| October 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 1 October 2024 11:30 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | |
| 1 October 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | |
| 1 October 2024 15:00 15:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference | |
| 2 October 2024 11:00 14:00 Meeting with the Public Service Ombudsman Group | |
| 3 October 2024 09:00 10:00 Meeting with staff member Aoife Drudy | |
| 3 October 2024 10:30 11:00 Meeting with staff member Deborah Smyth | |
| 3 October 2024 13:00 14:00 Chief Executive, Aideen Hartney of the National Disability Authority training | |
| 3 October 2024 16:30 17:30 Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) meeting | |
| 8 October 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | |
| 8 October 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | |
| 8 October 2024 14:00 16:00 Ombudsman Case Conference | |
| 9 October 2024 10:30 12:30 Visit to Esker Gardens, Residential Home | |
| 10 October 2024 11:00 11:30 Communications and Outreach meeting | |
| 10 October 2024 14:00 15:00 Ombudsman Association annual general meeting 2024 – online | |
| 15 October 2024 10:00 11:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | |
| 15 October 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | |
| 15 October 2024 14:00 14:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference | |
| 17 October 2024 08:00 10:00 Electoral Commission meeting | |
| 22 October 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | |
| 22 October 2024 14:30 16:00 Ombudsman Case Conference | |
| 23 October 2024 14:30 16:30 Ombudsman 40th anniversary reception at the Áras an Uachtaráin with president Michael D Higgins | |
| 24 Thursday 2024 09:45 10:15 Interview with Galway Bay FM | |
| 24 Thursday 2024 10:30 11:00 Communications and Outreach meeting | |
| 24 Thursday 2024 11:00 11:30 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
|November 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 4 November 2024 10:30 11:00 Meeting with Head of Communications regarding recording for Cavan PPN meeting | ||
| 4 November 2024 15:00 16:00 Recording of video message for Cavan PPN | ||
| 5 November 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | ||
| 5 November 2024 14:30 16:30 Ombudsman Case Conference | ||
| 6 November 2024 15:00 20:30 Westmeath PPN Plenary meeting | ||
| 7 November 2024 14:00 18:30 40th Anniversary event | ||
| 12 November 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | ||
| 12 November 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | ||
| 12 November 2024 15:00 15:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference | ||
| 13 November 2024 11:00 12:00 Meeting with staff member Aidan Moore | ||
| 13 November 2024 15:00 15:30 Meeting with staff members Barry Quirke and Paula Dowd | ||
| 14 November 2024 08:00 10:00 Electoral Commission meeting | ||
| 14 November 2024 16:00 22:00 Offaly PPN meeting | ||
| 19 November 2024 10:00 11:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | ||
| 19 November 2024 11:00 13:00 Ombudsman case conference | ||
| 19 November 2024 16:00 21:00 Galway PPN meeting | ||
| 21 November 2024 10:00 12:30 Presented at the Department of Social Protection’s Customer Service Officers event | ||
| 21 November 2024 16:00 17:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | ||
| 23 November 2024 10:00 12:00 Presented at the Wicklow PPN Winter Plenary | ||
| 25 November 2024 14:00 16:00 Irish Ombudsman Forum meeting | ||
| 26 November 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting | ||
| 26 November 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy | ||
| 26 November 2024 14:00 15:00 Meeting with HSE, CEO Bernard Gloster | 26 November 2024 15:30 16:00 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference | |
| 27 November 2024 10:00 10:30 Northern sound radio interview | ||
| 27 November 2024 15:00 21:00 Presenting at the Kilkenny PPN Plenary | ||
| 28 November 2024 10:00 11:30 Quality Audit meeting with Ombudsman staff | ||
| 28 November 2024 17:00 20:00 Barbados Independence celebration at EPIC Dublin |
|December 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 3 December 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 3 December 2024 14:00 16:00 Information event for the Heads of Mission in Ireland |
| 3 December 2024 16:30 17:30 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 4 December 2024 10:30 11:30 Mircosoft Teams Training |
| 4 December 2024 12:00 12:30 Communications and Outreach meeting |
| 4 December 2024 13:15 14:45 CPSA Commission |
| 5 December 2024 15:00 16:00 Meeting with HIQA, Chief Executive, Angela Fitzgerald |
| 10 December 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 10 December 2024 12:00 13:00 Ombudsman case conference |
| 10 December 2024 15:00 15:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 10 December 2024 17:00 18:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 10 December 2024 18:00 21:00 IHREC anniversary event at EPIC, Dublin |
| 11 December 2024 10:00 10:30 Meeting with Ombudsman staff |
| 11 December 2024 11:00 12:30 Meeting with Secretary General John McKeon, Department of Social Protection |
| 12 December 2024 10:00 12:00 Electoral Commission meeting |
| 12 December 2024 14:30 16:00 Bi-annual winter staff meeting |
| 13 December 2024 11:00 12:00 Interview with Niamh Griffin, Examiner |
| 17 December 2024 12:00 13:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 17 December 2024 15:30 16:30 Meeting with Tim Carey and Art O’Leary Electoral Commission |
| 17 December 2024 16:30 17:30 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 18 December 2024 12:00 13:30 Meeting with Senior Management – review of 2024 progress against Strategy |
| 19 December 2024 12:00 12:30 Communications and Outreach meeting |
| 24 December 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| July 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 2 July 2024 10:00 11:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 2 July 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 2 July 2024 12:00 13:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 2 July 2024 14:30 16:00 Follow-up meeting on action items identified during meeting with NGO's in the IP area |
| 3 July 2024 10:00 11:30 Meeting with Irish Homeless Policy Working Group |
| 3 July 2024 12:00 12:30 Communications and Outreach Meeting |
| 3 July 2024 14:30 15:30 Meeting with Department of Social Protection regarding PPSN query |
| 4 July 2024 10:00 11:00 Meeting with staff from the Office of the Information Commissioner |
| 4 July 2024 14:30 16:00 The Organisation bi-annual staff meeting |
| 8 July 2024 10:30 11:00 Interview with Phoenix FM re Information Commissioner annual report 2023 |
| 9 July 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 9 July 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy |
| 10 July 2024 14:45 16:45 Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) meeting |
| 11 July 2024 10:00 13:00 Electoral Commission meeting |
| 11 July 2024 13:30 15:00 Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsman |
| 23 July 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 23 July 2024 14:00 14:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 23 July 2024 15:00 17:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 23 July 2024 17:00 17:45 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 24 July 2024 08:00 08:30 Electoral Commission meeting |
| 24 July 2024 09:40 10:10 Interview with Radio Kerry |
| 29 July 2024 14:00 16:00 Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) meeting |
| 30 July 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 30 July 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 30 July 2024 14:00 16:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 31 July 2024 12:00 12:30 Communications and Outreach Meeting |
| August 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 6 August 2024 08:00 09:30 Electoral Commission meeting |
| 6 August 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 7 August 2024 09:40 10:10 Interview with Clare FM |
| 8 August 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 13 August 2024 10:00 11:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 13 August 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 13 August 2024 12:00 13:00 Ombudsman Investigations monthly meeting |
| 13 August 2024 14:00 16:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 20 August 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 20 August 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 20 August 2024 15:00 15:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 22 August 2024 10:30 11:30 Meeting with Secretary General of Education, Bernie McNally |
| 27 August 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 27 August 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 27 August 2024 14:00 16:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 28 August 2024 10:00 12:30 Meeting with the Management Advisory Committee |
| 28 August 2024 12:30 13:15 Demo of the new Ombudsman website |
| 28 August 2024 15:30 16:30 Meeting with staff member Aidan Moore |
| September 2024 Start time End time Subject |
| 3 September 2024 11:00 12:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 3 September 2024 12:00 13:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 3 September 2024 15:00 15:30 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 4 September 2024 10:30 11:00 Interview with Clare Champion |
| 9 September 2024 12:00 13:00 Meeting with staff member Sean Garvey |
| 9 September 2024 14:00 18:00 Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) meeting |
| 10 September 2024 09:30 13:00 Commemoration of 10th anniversary of atrocities committed against the Yazidi community |
| 10 September 2024 14:00 15:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 10 September 2024 15:00 17:00 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 10 September 2024 17:00 18:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 11 September 2024 11:00 11:30 Samaritans training event - World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 11 September 2024 14:00 14:30 Traveller’s Voice Magazine interview |
| 11 September 2024 14:30 16:00 Meeting with Ombudsman staff re HAP investigation |
| 12 September 2024 10:00 12:30 Electoral Commission meeting |
| 13 September 2024 12:00 14:30 Visit from Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton |
| 14 September 2024 10:40 11:00 Saturday View interview on Midlands 103 |
| 16 September 2024 12:15 13:15 IHREC Disability Advisory Committee |
| 16 September 2024 16:15 17:15 Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 17 September 2024 11:30 12:00 Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 17 September 2024 12:00 13:00 Meeting with SecGen Kevin McCarthy DECDIY |
| 17 September 2024 15:00 16:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 17 September 2024 16:00 16:30 Communications and Outreach Meeting |
| 18 September 2024 14:00 16:00 Presentation to Waterford Older Person's Council |
| 19 September 2024 09:45 10:15 Interview with Highland Radio |
| 19 September 2024 10:50 11:00 Interview with East Coast FM |
| 19 September 2024 11:00 11:30 Interview Midlands 103 Radio |
| 19 September 2024 11:30 12:30 Meeting with Northern Irish Public Service Ombudsman Margaret Kelly and Deputy Ombudsman Sean Martin |
| 19 September 2024 14:30 15:30 Meeting with Department of Agriculture, Secretary General Brendan Gleeson |
| 24 September 2024 12:00 13:00 Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 24 September 2024 14:30 15:30 Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 25 September 2024 11:00 12:00 Meeting with Irish Hospice Foundation |
| 25 September 2024 12:30 13:00 Communications and Outreach Meeting |
| April 2024 | Start time | End Time | Subject |
| 9 April 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 9 April 2024 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 9 April 2024 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 10 April 2024 | 10:00 | 12:00 | Electoral Commission meeting |
| 11 April 2024 | 10:00 | 17:00 | Visit to Maynooth University for Traveller and Roma workshop |
| 16 April 2024 | 10:00 | 11:00 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 16 April 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 16 April 2024 | 12:00 | 12:30 | Meeting with Investigator Barry Quirke, Ombudsman |
| 16 April 2024 | 12:30 | 13:00 | Meeting with Principal Officer, Stephen Rafferty, Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) |
| 16 April 2024 | 15:30 | 16:00 | Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 16 April 2024 | 16:00 | 16:30 | Meeting with Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) staff |
| 17 April 2024 | 12:00 | 12:45 | Media Release / Comms. strategy re OCEI Annual Report With David Nutley |
| 17 April 2024 | 14:45 | 16:15 | Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) meeting |
| 17 April 2024 | 16:15 | 17:00 | Meeting with Principal Office David Tang, Ombudsman |
| 21 – 23 April 2024 | 10:15 | 23:00 | EU/Council of Europe and Moroccan Ombudsman, Rabat |
| 24 April 2024 | 10:30 | 12:30 | Management Advisory Committee (MAC) quarterly update |
| 24 April 2024 | 15:30 | 16:00 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 24 April 2024 | 16:30 | 17:30 | Communications and Outreach Meeting With David Nutley |
| 25 April 2024 | 10:00 | 17:00 | OCEI Annual Review 2023 launch |
| 26 April 2024 | 10:00 | 11:30 | Visit from the Icelandic Ombudsman and his staff |
| 30 April 2024 | 10:00 | 14:00 | Visit to International Protection Accommodation (IPA) |
| 30 April 2024 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 30 April 2024 | 16:00 | 16:30 | Comms strategy / Media Release re - OPDC Annual Report with David Nutley |
| May 2024 | Start Time | End Time | Subject |
| 2 May 2024 | 11:00 | 14:00 | Human Rights Manual launch |
| 2 May 2024 | 15:30 | 16:30 | Meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy |
| 7 May 2024 | 09:30 | 13:00 | OPDC annual report launch, Dublin Castle |
| 7 May 2024 | 14:30 | 16:30 | Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 7 May 2024 | 16:30 | 17:30 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 8 May 2024 | 10:00 | 11:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 8 May 2024 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Communications and Outreach Meeting with David Nutley |
| 9 May 2024 | 10:30 | 11:30 | Meeting with Anne Lyons, Investigator OIC |
| 10 May 2024 | 09:00 | 10:00 | Meeting with Provost of Trinity College, Linda Doyle |
| 13 – 15 May 2024 | 10:00 | 23:00 | Attending the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) world conference, the Hague |
| 16 May 2024 | 10:00 | 12:30 | Electoral Commission meeting |
| 17 May 2024 | 10:00 | 10:30 | KCLR radio interview |
| 21 May 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 21 May 2024 | 14:00 | 14:30 | Meeting with Principal Officer, Stephen Rafferty, Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) |
| 21 May 2024 | 14:30 | 16:00 | Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 21 May 2024 | 16:00 | 16:30 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 22 May 2024 | 10:00 | 11:00 | Meeting with Ombudsman staff re DSP Customer Service Officers event |
| 22 May 2024 | 11:30 | 12:00 | Meeting with Principal Officer, Stephen Rafferty, OIC |
| 22 May 2024 | 12:00 | 12:30 | Communications and Outreach Meeting |
| 22 May 2024 | 18:00 | 22:00 | Waterford PPN event |
| 23 May 2024 | 10:30 | 11:30 | Interview with Waterford Radio |
| 23 May 2024 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Interview with Dr Lucy Michael |
| 24 May 2024 | 09:00 | 11:00 | Visit from OSCE ODIHR Special Election Assessment Mission to Ireland |
| 27 May 2024 | 09:00 | 13:00 | Speaking at DSP Customer service officer event, Spencer Hotel |
| 28 May 2024 | 10:30 | 11:00 | Comms strategy/media release re OMB Annual Report with David Nutley |
| 28 May 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 28 May 2024 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Weekly meeting with Director General, Elaine Cassidy |
| 28 May 2024 | 15:00 | 15:30 | Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 29 May 2024 | 10:30 | 11:30 | Meeting with OMB staff- re EU workshop |
| 29 May 2024 | 14:00 | 14:30 | Meeting with Julie O’Leary, Principal Officer, OCEI |
| 29 May 2024 | 14:30 | 15:30 | Meeting with Irish Aviation Authority - CEO Declan Fitzpatrick |
| 30 May 2024 | 11:00 | 11:30 | Meeting with Deborah Smyth, Investigator, OMB |
| 30 May 2024 | 11:45 | 13:00 | Ombudsman Quality Audit meeting |
| June 2024 | Start Time | End Time | Subject |
| 4 June 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 4 June 2024 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 5 June 2024 | 10:00 | 12:00 | Ombudsman Fair Procedures Training |
| 5 June 2024 | 12:00 | 12:30 | Communications and Outreach Meeting with David Nutley |
| 6 June 2024 | 10:00 | 12:00 | Meeting with Emily Logan, GSOC |
| 10 June 2024 | 10:00 | 14:00 | Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) Hearing |
| 10 June 2024 | 14:00 | 18:00 | SIPO meeting |
| 11 June 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 11 June 2024 | 15:00 | 15:30 | Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 12 June 2024 | 07:00 | 07:30 | RTE Morning Ireland radio interview re OMB annual report |
| 12 June 2024 | 09:30 | 10:00 | Midlands Radio 3 interview re OMB annual report |
| 12 June 2024 | 10:00 | 10:30 | Highland radio interview re OMB annual report |
| 12 June 2024 | 11:00 | 11:30 | East Coast FM interview re- OMB annual report |
| 13 June 2024 | 10:00 | 12:30 | Electoral Commission meeting |
| 14 June 2024 | 12:00 | 12:45 | Interview with the Irish Examiner re- OMB annual report |
| 17 June 2024 | 10:00 | 18:00 | EC & HSE Cross Border Healthcare Directive workshop |
| 18 June 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 18 June 2024 | 12:00 | 12:30 | Comms strategy / media release re OIC annual report with David Nutley |
| 18 June 2024 | 12:30 | 13:00 | Meeting with Sandra Murdiff, Investigator OIC |
| 18 June 2024 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Office of the Ombudsman case conference |
| 25 June 2024 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Office of the Protected Disclosure Commission (OPDC) weekly meeting |
| 25 June 2024 | 15:00 | 15:30 | Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference |
| 25 June 2024 | 15:30 | 16:30 | Meeting re RCPI and the FOI Act with OIC and Legal |
| 25 June 2024 | 10:00 | 18:00 | OIC Annual report launch |
| 25 June 2024 | 19:45 | 20:15 | Connemara Community Radio interview |
| 27 June 2024 | 07:00 | 07:15 | RTE Morning Ireland interview |
| 27 June 2024 | 10:10 | 10:30 | Kildare FM Interview |