Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Better resourced family carer support interventions. Funding for National Carers Week 2027: Improved respite and addressing of service gaps:
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Making Carer’s Allowance and Carer’s Benefit Tax-Exempt
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Improvements in Home Care Support and Family Carer Support
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Increases in rates of weekly payments to full-time family carers and thosethey care for and support. Increases to the annual Carer Support Grant. Specific additional funding for organisations to deliver family carer support interventions. Addressing of the issue of income support for Kinship Carers and eligibility for Guardian and other payments.
Methods: Submission
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Making Carer’s Allowance and Carers Benefit Tax-Exempt
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Met with An Tánaiste and his officials February 19th 2026
Politician(s) lobbied: Orla O'Hanrahan (Secretary General), The President's Establishment
Intent: Invitation for Family Carers we support to the Aras (ref Garden parties etc) in light of the Presidents commitment to same as part of her election campaign.::Awareness of the work of Care Alliance Ireland - specifically the online family carer support project and the return to employment project (Re-Emerge2)
Methods: Letter
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Letter
Sent letter, and fliers detailing the activities of the online family carer support project and the return to employment project (Re-Emerge2) We also sent a sample of the bulb lasagne sent to hundreds of family carers.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Funding of 59k per annum to emply a Policy & Research Assistant to work with the current Senior Policy & Research Officer to increase the research & policy utputs of Care Alliance, and subsequently improve outcomes for our membership and family carers across Ireland.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Annual funding of 50k per annum to coordinate National Carers Week each year.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Finnegan (Secretary General), The Houses of the Oireachtas Service; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Transparency in communication from Oireachtas Committees regarding meetings, topics, communications and opportunities to speak at JOC meetings.
Methods: Email
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Email
This was an email drafted and led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and send to multiple DPOs.
Politician(s) lobbied: 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
Intent: i) Publish a timeline for implementation of the Programme for Government Actionto abolish the means test for Carers Allowance within the lifetime of thisGovernment. ::i) Increase the weekly limit for education, work and voluntary hours for those inreceipt of Carers Allowance, Carers Benefit, and Carer Support Grant. Werecommend a minimum of 20 hours per week.ii) Examine the current methods for calculation of the permissible working hoursto take account of once-off, seasonal work available to family carers. ::i) Raise the levels of payments for Carers Allowanceii) Support the recent ask from the Oireachtas Disability Group, calling for a Costof Disability payment of €55 per week (€2, 860 per annum)iii) Raise the level of the Carer Support Grant to €2,060, in line with the projectedaverage wage increase in 2026.
Methods: Email
