Alcohol Action Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health

Intent: Implementation of regulations re health information labelling on alcohol products

Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Stephanie O’Keeffe (Chief Executive Officer), Cuan; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: Raise awareness of issues around parental problem alcohol use including domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.::Implementation of Operation Encompass - a programme to support children impacted by domestic violence.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive

Intent: Restrictions on zero alcohol product marketing in line with alcohol marketing restrictions

Methods: Virtual MeetingMeetingEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Professor Denis Cusack (Director), Medical Bureau of Road Safety; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Doncha O'Sullivan (Secretary General), Department of Justice; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Awareness of drink driving issues including need for greater resources for policing in this area.

Methods: EmailMeetingVirtual MeetingPhone callSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Stephanie O’Keeffe (Chief Executive Officer), Cuan; Derek Tierney (Secretary General), Department of Health; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Mike Cubbard (Councillor), Galway City Council

Intent: Raise awareness of Alcohol Action Ireland's activities in alcohol policy development including annual report.::Highlight concerns re alcohol and rural communities.::Raise concerns about alcohol delivery schemes

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Increase in alcohol excise duties and increased funding for services for those harmed by alcohol.::Seek a meeting with the Oireachtas Enterprise Committee on aspects of excise duties.

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Enhanced resources for alcohol services

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Hodnett (Online Safety Commissioner), Coimisiún na Meán; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Highlighting aspects of marketing of alcohol ::Controls on digital marketing of alcohol

Methods: MeetingSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health

Intent: Increase in excise duties for alcohol and enhanced funding for services for those harmed by alcohol

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Ensure implementation of alcohol labelling regulations::Raise concerns about alcohol industry influence on government

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeetingInformal communicationEmailSocial Media