Alcohol Action Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Colm Brophy (Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid), Department of Foreign Affairs; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Keira Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairead O’Driscoll (Chief Executive Officer), Health Research Board; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Gogarty (TD), The Lower House of the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Health; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Angela Flanagan (Adviser to Minister), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Raise awareness of need for public knowledge of risks from alcohol including liver disease, cancer and FASD. No delay in the introduction of planned alcohol health information labelling

Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailMeetingVirtual MeetingPhone callSocial MediaInformal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad

Intent: New strategy for alcohol including the establishment of an Alcohol Office to drive coherent policy development across government.

Methods: EmailMeetingPhone callEvent / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Improve provision of treatment services

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Highlighting levels of alcohol use and linkages with cocaine use in Ireland

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Intent: Draw attention to the impact of alcohol on the workplace and a report on this issue from AAI.

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Siobhán McArdle (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health

Intent: Consideration of alcohol on mental health by the Interdepartmental Steering Group on Mental Health

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Raise awareness of alcohol impact on the environment.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephanie O’Keeffe (Chief Executive Officer), Cuan; Suzanne Coogan (Press Adviser), Department of Justice; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: Raise awareness of links between alcohol and domestic violence::Introduction of Operation Encompass, an early intervention programme to support children experiencing domestic violence.

Methods: EmailMeetingPhone callSocial MediaInformal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: Raise awareness of Alcohol Action Ireland's proposal for Budget 2026 including the need for an increase in excise duties to pay for costs of alcohol harm and increases in funding for alcohol harm related services.

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Raise awareness that the EU proposals risk reinforcing alcohol overproduction through repeated subsidies, the absence of health impact assessment for the reform package, and proposals to prioritise digital labelling over information on the bottle as well as the need to consider harmful environmental aspects of alcohol production.

Methods: Email