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2025-02-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: A meeting with Minister Dara Calleary
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Yvonne Fleming wrote to Minister Calleary to invite him to Crosscare Food Services for an update on their food poverty case work service. |
2024-09-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To address the matter named above.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Crosscare Board Chair |
| — | Evelyn Cregan |
| — | wrote to Minister Darragh O' Brien in relation to the late issuing of SLAs and funding to homeless service providers. |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To secure enhanced funding for youth work in budget 2025
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Tiernan Heaney of Crosscare Youth Services emailed TDs on 17.9.24 looking for support for the 'youth work changes lives' campaign run by the National Youth Council of Ireland. |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: To meet re DPER funding for childrens residential care providers.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Crosscare |
| — | as a member of a network of Community and Vol. sector childrens' residential accomm. providers |
| — | emailed Pascal O Donoghue on 28.6.24 seeking a meeting relating to DPER funding for childrens residential care providers. |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Francis Noel Duffy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Leary (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Intent: To speak with and meet politicians about the NYCI's Youth Work Changes Lives campaign.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Crosscare managers contacted politicians (in the areas where the youth work services they manage are based) to draw attention to the Youth Work Changes Lives campaign run by the National Youth Council of Ireland (Crosscare is a member). The campaign demonstrates the value of youth work and seeks increased investment in Budget 2025 for this work. |
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Fleming (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Intent: Note: DLRCOCO got back to us before he had the chance to so I told him his representation was no longer required.
Methods: Phone call, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Nora Moriarty of Crosscare contacted Cllr Mick Fleming to ask him to sign a Gender Change Form for a young person (aged 18) and to support us to organise accommodation for this young person. |
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Fleming (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Lettie McCarthy (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Intent: To get the bus stop moved further away from the Youth Service front gate.
Methods: Informal communication, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Nora Moriarty of Crosscare asked Cllr Mick Fleming and Cllr Lettie Mc Carthy to advocate on behalf of Ballyogan Youth Service to get the planned bus stop moved further away from the Youth Service front gate as it was a health and safety concern. |
2024-07-23
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Social Protection
Intent: To show appreciation of Minister O Brien's on-going support for Crosscare's food poverty work
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | On 23.7.24 Yvonne Fleming of Crosscare emailed Min. Joe O Brien thanking him for the support message he put on social media about the donation Crosscare Food Services received from Taylor Swift. |
2024-05-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: We wanted to make the Minister aware that the proposed amendments to the General Scheme were unduly harsh in respect of our migrant client group. Prior to the advancements of any amendments, a comprehensive consultation process be undertaken to include the views of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and that the General Scheme would be subject to a comprehensive process of pre-legislative scrutiny involving the participation of stakeholders.
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | On the 18 April 2024 Ciara McGrath of Crosscare co-signed a letter sent by post and by email to Darragh O'Brien T.D. Minister for Housing |
| — | Local Government and Heritage. The letter was about the General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and raised concern at the proposals to introduce “right to reside” and “habitual residence” conditions for access to social housing supports as set out in Part 2 of the General Scheme. |
2024-05-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We wanted to make the Chair & the Committee aware that the proposed amendments to the General Scheme were unduly harsh in respect of our migrant client group. Prior to the advancements of any amendments, a comprehensive consultation process be undertaken to include the views of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and that the Committee would subject the General Scheme to a comprehensive process of pre-legislative scrutiny involving the participation of stakeholders.
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | On the 18 April 2024 |
| — | Ciara McGrath of Crosscare co-signed a letter sent by post and by email to Steven Matthews T.D. Chair of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing |
| — | Local Government and Heritage . The letter was about the General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and raised concern at the proposals to introduce “right to reside” and “habitual residence” conditions for access to social housing supports as set out in Part 2 of the General Scheme. |
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