7 February to 2 September 2022

February 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

07/02/2022

10:00

13:00

Welcome meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

07/02/2022

14:00

17:00

ICT set-up and Training

08/02/2022

10:00

13:00

Office of the Ombudsman Management Overview Briefing

08/02/2022

14:30

17:00

Office of the Ombudsman Early Resolutions Unit and Casework Briefing

09/02/2022

10:00

13:00

Office of the Information Commissioner Management Overview Briefing

09/02/2022

14:00

17:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information Management Overview Briefing

10/02/2022

10:00

11:00

Executive Team Meeting

10/02/2022

14:00

17:00

Legal Services Unit Management Overview Briefing

11/02/2022

11:00

13:00

Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) Management and Referendum Commission Management Overview Briefing

11/02/2022

14:30

17:00

Review of Briefing Materials

14/02/2022

10:30

12:30

Standards in Public Office Commission Overview Briefing

14/02/2022

14:00

17:00

Quality Stakeholder Engagement and Communications (QSEC) Management Overview Briefing

15/02/2022

10:00

12:30

Office of the Ombudsman meeting Re. extensions of remit and Oireachtas Hearing

15/02/2022

14:00

17:00

ICT Application Training

16/02/2022

13:30

15:00

Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach Committee Meeting

17/02/2022

10:00

11:00

Meeting with Office of the Information Commissioner Staff

17/02/2022

11:30

12:30

Meeting with Office of the Ombudsman Early Resolution Unit Staff

17/02/2022

14:30

15:30

Meeting with Office of the Ombudsman Examinations and Investigations Staff

18/02/2022

09:00

09:30

INFO Network Secretariat meeting

18/02/2022

10:00

11:00

Meeting with Children’s Ombudsman Niall Muldoon

18/02/2022

14:00

16:00

Reading cases and decisions with Director General Elaine Cassidy

21/02/2022

10:00

11:30

HR, Finance and Procurement Management Overview  Briefing

21/02/2022

12:00

13:00

Meeting with Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) Staff

21/02/2022

14:00

17:00

ICT Application Training

22/02/2022

10:00

13:00

Standards in Public Office Commission Management Overview Briefing

22/02/2022

14:00

17:00

Standards in Public Office Commission Meeting

23/02/2022

10:00

12:00

Office of the Ombudsman Casework Meeting

23/02/2022

12:15

13:00

Meeting with Quality Stakeholder Engagement and Communications (QSEC) staff

24/02/2022

10:00

13:00

ICT Management Overview Briefing

24/02/2022

14:30

16:30

Legal Services Unit - Q&A on legislation and procedures

28/02/2022

10:30

11:30

Meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy Re. preparation for SIPOC meeting

28/02/2022

14:00

18:00

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

March 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

01/03/2022

10:30

11:30

Meeting with “Corporate Spine” Staff

01/03/2022

11:30

13:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

01/03/2022

14:30

15:30

Annual Report production meeting

02/03/2022

14:30

16:00

Briefing on the Office of Protected Disclosures

03/03/2022

10:30

11:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) staff introduction

03/03/2022

14:30

16:00

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) and Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Casework Meeting

08/03/2022

14:00

15:00

Virtual meeting of the Public Service Ombudsman Group

09/03/2022

09:00

13:00

Promotion of publication of Direct Provision Commentary

09/03/2022

14:30

15:30

Communications and Outreach Meeting

09/03/2022

15:30

16:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

10/03/2022

14:30

15:10

Virtual attendance at Joint Committee on Disability Matters report launch: ‘Ensuring Independent Living and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’

11/03/2022

10:10

10:20

Interview with Kildare FM on the launch of the Direct Provision Commentary

15/03/2022

12:30

13:30

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

15/03/2022

15:45

16:15

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

15/03/2022

16:15

16:45

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

28/03/2022

10:00

11:00

Test run on Zoom webinar functioning for upcoming online event: “Complaint handling in the Private Nursing Homes sector: The Ombudsman’s perspective”

29/03/2022

12:00

13:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

29/03/2022

14:00

15:00

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference Meeting

30/03/2022

09:50

11:05

Office of the Ombudsman Online Events: “Complaint handling in the Private Nursing Homes sector: The Ombudsman’s perspective”

30/03/2022

11:15

13:00

Management Advisory Committee (MAC) Meeting

30/03/2022

14:00

15:00

Commission for Public Service Appointment (CPSA) lunch

30/03/2022

15:00

17:00

Commission for Public Service Appointment (CPSA) Meeting in Leinster House

31/03/2022

09:50

11:05

Office of the Ombudsman Online Events: “Complaint handling in the Private Nursing Homes sector: The Ombudsman’s perspective”

April 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

04/04/2022

14:30

15:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

05/04/2022

11:15

12:00

Communications and Outreach Meeting

06/04/2022

11:30

14:00

Irish Ombudsman Forum meeting

06/04/2022

14:00

16:00

Meeting with Donal Galligan Chief Executive Ombudsman Association

12/04/2022

09:30

10:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

12/04/2022

10:30

11:30

Office of the Information Commissioner Annual Report preparation meeting

12/04/2022

12:00

13:30

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

12/04/2022

15:45

16:30

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

12/04/2022

16:30

17:00

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

13/04/2022

11:00

12:30

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Commissioner / Investigator Case Conference

14/04/2022

13:30

14:30

Standard in Public Office Commission Briefing with Director General Elaine Cassidy

19/04/2022

11:30

12:30

Communications and Outreach Meeting

21/04/2022

11:00

11:30

Standard in Public Office Commission meeting with Aoife Drudy

25/04/2022

09:30

12:30

AIE Officers Network meeting

25/04/2022

14:00

18:00

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

26/04/2022

14:30

16:30

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

27/04/2022

14:00

17:30

European Ombudsman Network (ENO) Conference 2022 virtual attendance

28/04/2022

09:00

12:30

European Ombudsman Network (ENO) Conference 2022 virtual attendance

May 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

03/05/2022

14:00

15:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

05/05/2022

09:30

10:30

Meeting with Niamh O’Donoghue

05/05/2022

11:00

12:00

Meeting with Alan Mahon

09/05/2022

10:00

11:30

Meeting with Deirdre McGoldrick

09/05/2022

15:00

16:00

Meeting with Elizabeth Swanwick

10/05/2022

12:30

13:15

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

10/05/2022

14:00

14:30

Communications and Outreach Meeting

10/05/2022

14:30

16:30

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

11/05/2022

10:30

12:30

Dept. of Health pre-meeting with Jennifer Hanrahan and Sarah Cooney

12/05/2022

14:00

15:00

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

12/05/2022

15:00

16:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

13/05/2022

10:00

11:00

Meeting with Chief Executive Colette Byrne Kilkenny County Council

16/05/2022

15:30

16:30

Meeting with Secretary General Robert Watt Dept. of Health

17/05/2022

11:00

12:30

Launch of “Resilience Tested - The Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021”

17/05/2022

15:00

15:30

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

17/05/2022

15:30

16:15

Communications and Outreach Meeting

18/05/2022

11:00

12:00

Information Commissioner and Deirdre McGoldrick presentation to representatives of Tunisian and Moroccan Ombudsman office equivalents

18/05/2022

14:00

16:00

Office of the Ombudsman Communications Strategy Development Workshop

23/05/2022

10:00

11:00

HSE pre-meeting preparation review

23/05/2022

14:00

16:00

Meeting with Chris Rudland Assistant National Director, Quality Assurance and Verification, HSE

24/05/2022

09:30

10:30

Ombudsman Annual Report briefing

24/05/2022

12:30

13:30

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

24/05/2022

14:30

16:30

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

25/05/2022

14:00

15:00

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

25/05/2022

15:00

16:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

26/05/2022

08:30

11:30

Conference and General Assembly of the European IOI, online attendance

26/05/2022

07:15

15:15

Conference and General Assembly of the European IOI, online attendance

30/05/2022

09:55

12:25

National Complaints Managers Governance and Learning Forum, online attendance

31/05/2022

09:45

10:00

Introduction to new staff at HR induction

31/05/2022

11:30

12:00

Communications and Outreach Meeting

31/05/2022

14:00

15:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

31/05/2022

20:00

21:00

Catalan Ombudsman Event online attendance: "The present situation of rights"

June 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

01/06/2022

09:00

10:30

Meeting with JP McDowell

01/06/2022

15:00

17:00

Commission for Public Service Appointment (CPSA) Meeting in Leinster House

02/06/2022

11:00

12:30

Meeting with the Commissioner Dr. Ákos Kozma  and representatives of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary

07/06/2022

11:30

12:00

Meeting with Gemma Farrell

07/06/2022

12:00

13:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

07/06/2022

14:30

16:30

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

07/06/2022

16:30

17:00

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

08/06/2022

10:00

16:15

Day One in Moldova attending conference: “Making right to information work in practice: from new law on access to information to institutional changes in the Republic of Moldova”

09/06/2022

09:00

14:00

Day Two in Moldova attending conference: “Making right to information work in practice: from new law on access to information to institutional changes in the Republic of Moldova”

13/06/2022

11:00

12:00

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

14/06/2022

08:30

10:00

INFO Network meeting

14/06/2022

11:00

11:30

Communications and Outreach Meeting

14/06/2022

12:30

13:00

Offices of the Information Commissioner (OIC) and Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Annual Report Communications strategy meeting

21/06/2022

09:30

10:00

Meeting with Barry Quirke

21/06/2022

11:00

16:00

IHREC Event, online attendance: Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Ireland

22/06/2022

09:25

09:40

Interview by phone on Kildare Today Show on KFM radio

23/06/2022

09:00

09:15

Interview by phone on Live 95FM, Limerick radio

27/06/2022

10:00

10:30

Meeting with Mary Kerrigan

28/06/2022

10:00

11:30

Quality Assurance (QA) June meeting

28/06/2022

11:30

13:15

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

30/06/2022

15:30

16:30

Staff Biannual Event

July 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

11/07/2022

11:00

12:00

Office of the Ombudsman Workshop on Housing and Homeless preparation meeting

12/07/2022

09:30

10:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

12/07/2022

11:00

11:40

IHREC Annual Report Launch, online attendance

12/07/2022

14:00

16:00

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

13/07/2022

11:00

12:00

Meeting with Linda Joyce

14/07/2022

09:30

13:00

Office of the Ombudsman Workshop on Housing and Homeless

15/07/2022

14:00

18:00

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

19/07/2022

10:15

11:00

Communications and Outreach Meeting

19/07/2022

14:30

15:30

Ombudsman investigation preparation meeting

22/07/2022

11:00

12:00

Meeting with C&AG Seamus McCarthy

22/07/2022

12:00

13:30

Ombudsman and Sarah Cooney presentation to representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia (Ombudsman office equivalent)

26/07/2022

10:00

11:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

26/07/2022

14:00

16:00

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

27/07/2022

09:30

10:00

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) draft decisions review meeting

27/07/2022

10:00

11:30

Management Advisory Committee (MAC) Meeting

28/07/2022

10:00

10:30

Office of the Ombudsman investigation update meeting

28/07/2022

14:00

16:00

Internal meeting with staff to discuss the Workshop on Housing & Homelessness

August 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject

09/08/2022

11:15

12:00

Communications and Outreach Meeting

09/08/2022

12:00

13:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

09/08/2022

14:00

16:00

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

12/08/2022

10:30

13:30

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

16/08/2022

10:00

11:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

16/08/2022

14:00

15:30

Follow-up internal meeting with staff to discuss the Workshop on Housing & Homelessness

18/08/2022

11:00

12:30

Meeting with Eithne Fitzgerald

23/08/2022

10:00

11:00

Weekly One-To-One meeting with Director General Elaine Cassidy

23/08/2022

11:15

12:00

Communications and Outreach Meeting

23/08/2022

14:00

16:00

Office of the Ombudsman Case Conference

24/08/2022

10:15

11:15

Dept. of Agriculture pre-meeting review

24/08/2022

11:45

12:45

Meeting to discuss proposed workshop

25/08/2022

14:00

15:00

Meeting to review submission for FOI consultation

25/08/2022

15:45

16:15

Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Case Conference

25/08/2022

16:15

16:45

Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) Case Conference

26/08/2022

11:00

12:00

Meeting with Dept. of Agriculture Secretary General Brendan Gleeson

30/08/2022

10:00

15:00

Standards In Public Office Commissioners Meeting

September 2022

Start Time

End Time

Subject