CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Politician(s) lobbied: Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: The inclusion of amendments to the legislation in the areas of family reunification and age assessments.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Cliodhna O’Neill (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Education

Intent: To secure the publication of a report on alternative education and to further inform the development of DEIS plus.

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Kate Duggan (Chief Executive Officer), Child and Family Agency (Tusla)

Intent: To secure additional supports for children and young people at risk.

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Development of policies at the EU level to tackle poverty and social exclusion among children and young people.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Preserve the current scope, including the voluntary detection of known and unknown child sexual abuse material and grooming and strengthen legislation and regulation of CSAM.

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To inform the debate on a social media ban for children and young people and identification of alternative solutions.

Methods: EmailPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Tomás Ó Ruairc (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education

Intent: To secure the inclusion of children and young peoples participation in the education convention on an equal footing with adults.

Methods: Phone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To lobby for the introduction of a child poverty reduction Act.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tommy Cahill (Councillor), Kerry County Council; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Introduction of measures to address food poverty in Budget 2026 including the extension of hot school meals to second level schools and the extension of the holiday hunger pilot.

Methods: Lobby day

Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O’Donovan (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Theresa Newman (Special Adviser), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Tríona Quill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Intent: Cross-departmental action on the implementation of policy and development of regulations on online safety from a child rights perspective.

Methods: Meeting