Age & Opportunity

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: (1) Targeted training for those interacting with older people (2) Provision of bereavement supports for older bereaved people at risk of isolation (3) Guaranteed access to out-of-hours GP and community nursing services for older people at end of life (4) Implement the Statutory Homecare Scheme to support older people to stay in their own home as long as possible (5) Repeat the National End of Life Survey (6) Support the establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Carrighy (Senator), Seanad; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Positive influence for older people on allocation and priorities of funding across a range of issues including an Independent Commissioner for Older People, tackling loneliness & isolation and the delivery of a Statutory Homecare Scheme

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To get an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Richard Bruton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Heightened awareness of (1) the slow implementation of policy commitments relevant to our ageing population and (2) the value of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People in enhancing the capacity and capability of public services to address ageing and the challenges and opportunities arising.

Methods: Lobby day

Politician(s) lobbied: Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joan Hopkins (Councillor), Fingal County Council

Intent: The inclusion in the Social Democrats next election manifesto of support to create of an Independent Commission for Older People to ensure that the voices and interests of older people are heard, acknowledged and acted upon across the widest possible range of issues

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Aidan Murphy (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Aidan O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Colm O'Reardon (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Finance; Deborah Sweeney (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Des Carville (Head of Unit), Department of Finance; Paul Ryan (Head of Unit), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Fiona Campbell (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Finance; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Gary Tobin (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Grant Sweetnam (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; John McCarthy (Chief Economist), Department of Finance; Kevin Barrett (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Michael J. McGrath (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Oliver Gilvarry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Paul Ryan (Director), Department of Finance; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Finance; Scline Scott (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Shane Smyth (Adviser to Minister), Department of Finance; Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Finance

Intent: Positive infuence for older people on allocation and priorities of funding across a range of issues including an Independent Commissoner for Older People, tackling loneliness & isolation and the delivery of a Statutory Homecare Scheme

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Bruton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Lisa Chambers (Senator), Seanad; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Heightened awareness of (1) the weak or slow implementation of policy commitments relevant to our ageing population and (2) the value of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People in enhancing the capacity and capability of public services to address ageing and the challenges and opportunities arising.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown