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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 5)
2025-02-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Deborah Sweeney (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Patrick Cluskey (Special Adviser), Department of Justice
Intent: Support for the following policy areas:1. Significant reform and investment in child and youth mental health services delivered through the cross government Young Ireland Policy Framework spotlight programme2. Prioritisation of preventative, early intervention and primary care mental health services for children and young people3. Provision of new youth hubs4. Access to affordable housing5. A meaningful input for young people in decisions affecting their lives
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Emails to incoming Ministers and officials regarding policy priorities for the new Dail term |
| — | particularly around youth mental health and youth work |
2025-02-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Including a number of policy initiatives in the Programme for Government, including reform and investment in youth mental health services, prioritising of preventative and early intervention services, and increased investment in youth work services.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to TDs advocating for youth mental health policies to be included in the Programme for Government |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Ensuring the Minister was briefed on the ongoing development of the project, and was informed of the projected budget
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Appraising Minister Mary Butler of ongoing work in delivering the spunout Navigator project and update on the project's budgetary requirement for 2025 |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increased funding for youth work generally, and for state-supported youth hubs providing wraparound support services
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Met with Deputy Robert Troy at the Deputy's request |
| — | to share policy ideas to combat youth loneliness |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Increased spending by the Government on issues and programmes to reduce child poverty.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Joint letter with the Children's Rights Alliance and other organisations to the Taoiseach |
| — | Tanaiste and Minister for Children |
| — | calling on the Government to uphold its commitment to make meaningful progress towards reducing poverty |
| — | by targeting resources towards the most effective actions to break the cycle of child poverty |
2024-01-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Increased funding in the area of mental health in Budget 2024
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co-signed a letter from Mental Health Reform |
| — | encouraging An Taoiseach to support increased investment in mental health as part of Budget 2024 |
2023-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To advocate for a general increase in mental health funding and better coordination of national youth mental health services
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Our CEO at a Fianna Fail healthcare conference panel chaired by Minister Mary Butler TD |
2023-03-22
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Niall Burgess (Secretary General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: That the Government would join in international efforts to reverse anti-LGBTI+ legislative activity in Hungary
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co-signed a letter from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties |
| — | calling on the Minister for Foreign Affairs to include Ireland in the the list of European states supporting infringement proceedings against Hungary for recent anti-LGBTI+ legislation |
2023-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Increased financial support for remote working employees of community and voluntary organisations to meet rising energy bills
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Suggesting that the scope of the Government's €10m fund to support community and voluntary organisations with their energy costs be expanded to support remote working employees of these organisations with the €3.20 working from home allowance |
2022-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Griffin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe McHugh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Leo Varadkar (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That all legislation passed by the Oireachtas is given sufficient time for proper scrutiny
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co-signed a letter from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties |
| — | addressed to the Ceann Comhairle |
| — | Cathaoirleach |
| — | Members of the Business Committee and cc'd to all Party Leaders |
| — | asking that the Government reconsider the practice of passing significant amounts of legislation immediately prior to the Dáil recess |
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