Call for changes to law after civil servant leaves to take lobbying job at Facebook
Dualta Ó Broin can lobby his former department in his new role at the US social media giant
Facebook’s new chief lobbyist in Ireland did not require a cooling-off period before beginning his role despite working on policy affecting the internet giant as an official in the Department of Communications.
Dualta Ó Broin was responsible for a number of areas directly related to his new employer, including a government forum about online child safety on which he could now sit on as Facebook’s representative.
Ó Broin took up his new role ...