Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: We are hoping to secure funding for our School Support Dog Programme across Irish Schools.::The establishment of an integrated School Support Programme across the Department of Education.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Core State support for our services
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We emailed relevant Ministers with information and proposals on our funding requests
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We had Junior Minister Jerry Buttimer visit our HQ as part of our work to secure funding
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: We are working to secure statutory funding to support our programmes and increase the availability of life changing assistance dogs to families in need.
Methods: Email
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We had an ongoing email echange with relevant Ministers to dicuss our project and to invite them to our training centre.
Politician(s) lobbied: Denise Duffy (Special Advisor), Department of the Taoiseach; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: We are looking to secure Government Funding to support the development and roll out of our dedicated Schools Dog Training Programme.
Methods: Meeting
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Visit to AADI HQ by Minister Hidegarde Naughton & Com Burke TD
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Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: We aim to have provision for AADI services added to Budget 2025. Specifically we are looking for support to fund the Animal Assisted Education Programme.
Methods: MeetingEmail
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May 16th meeting with Minister Anne Rabitte TD in Leinster House
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We shared documentation and proposals to the Minister in advance of and following our meeting in May 2024.
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Wealso shared policy documents with a number of other relevant politicians.
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Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Better understanding of how the recommendations would be implemented and what the priority projects were.
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