Family Carers Ireland

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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: School transport border issues re children being allowed to travelTo get children on the bus(successful outcome)::re issue for family re domiciliary allowance - Try achieve successful carer application ::Issue with Arrears on CA-Assistance with a decision on the appeal
Methods: Email, Phone call
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Individual Carer issues
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Vinny McCormack (Councillor), Westmeath County Council
Intent: Successful outcome for carers housing issue
Methods: Email, Phone call
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Housing adaptation Grant
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Successful outcome for carers transport issue
Methods: Phone call
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Disabled Drivers and passenger scheme
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Caroline Winstanley (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Aoife Flynn (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Melanie Corrigan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Pat Kennedy (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Warren O'Toole (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Michael Nicholson (Director of Services or Equivalent), Wicklow County Council
Intent: Prioritise young carers in local funding or grants e.g. Healthy Ireland funding • Making youth friendly spaces available for young carers to meet • Encouraging participation of carers and young carers in local decision-making structures e.g. Comhairle na nÓg • Considering young carers and caring families when implementing local policies • Improving public services and amenities • Improving public transport and local link services • Housing options and housing adaptations for caring families
Methods: Meeting
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Awareness of young carers needs in the community
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William O'Leary (Councillor), Cork County Council; Úna McCarthy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Trish Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Tony O'Shea (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ted Lucey (Councillor), Cork County Council; Susan McCarthy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Sinéad Sheppard (Councillor), Cork County Council; Sheila O’Callaghan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Seamus McGrath (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ross O’Connell (Councillor), Cork County Council; Rory Cocking (Councillor), Cork County Council; Peter O'Donoghue (Councillor), Cork County Council; Paul Hayes (Councillor), Cork County Council; Patrick Mulcahy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Patrick Gerard Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Pat Hayes (Councillor), Cork County Council; Noel O'Donovan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Noel McCarthy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Noel Collins (Councillor), Cork County Council; Nelius Cotter (Councillor), Cork County Council; Michael Murtagh (Councillor), Cork County Council; Michael Looney (Councillor), Cork County Council; Michael Hegarty (Councillor), Cork County Council; Michael Creed (Councillor), Cork County Council; Mary Linehan Foley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Martin Coughlan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Marie O'Sullivan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Marcia D'Alton (Councillor), Cork County Council; Liam Quaide (Councillor), Cork County Council; Liam Madden (Councillor), Cork County Council; Kevin Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Kay Dawson (Councillor), Cork County Council; Katie Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Karen Coakley (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Paul O'Shea (Councillor), Cork County Council; John O'Sullivan (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Michael Foley (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Healy (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Collins (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Buckley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Joe Carroll (Councillor), Cork County Council; James Kennedy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Jack White (Councillor), Cork County Council; Isobel Towse (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ian Doyle (Councillor), Cork County Council; Gobnait Moynihan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Gillian Coughlan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Gerard Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ger Curley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Gearóid Murphy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Frank Roche (Councillor), Cork County Council; Frank O'Flynn (Councillor), Cork County Council; Finbarr Harrington (Councillor), Cork County Council; Eoghan Kenny (Councillor), Cork County Council; Eoghan Fahy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Eileen Lynch (Councillor), Cork County Council; Dominic Finn (Councillor), Cork County Council; Deirdre O'Brien (Councillor), Cork County Council; Deirdre Kelly (Councillor), Cork County Council; Declan Hurley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Danny Collins (Councillor), Cork County Council; Danielle Twomey (Councillor), Cork County Council; Daniel Sexton (Councillor), Cork County Council; Christopher Heinhold (Councillor), Cork County Council; Cathal Rasmussen (Councillor), Cork County Council; Caroline Cronin (Councillor), Cork County Council; Bernard Moynihan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ben Dalton O'Sullivan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Audrey Buckley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Anthony Barry (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ann Marie Ahern (Councillor), Cork County Council; Ann Bambury (Councillor), Cork County Council; Alan O'Connor (Councillor), Cork County Council; Alan Coleman (Councillor), Cork County Council; Albert Deasy (Councillor), Cork City Council; Brian McCarthy (Councillor), Cork City Council; Colette Finn (Councillor), Cork City Council; Colm Kelleher (Councillor), Cork City Council; Damian Boylan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Dan Boyle (Councillor), Cork City Council; Deirdre Forde (Councillor), Cork City Council; Derry Canty (Councillor), Cork City Council; Des Cahill (Councillor), Cork City Council; Eolan Ryng (Councillor), Cork City Council; Fergal Dennehy (Councillor), Cork City Council; Fiona Kerins (Councillor), Cork City Council; Fiona Ryan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Garret Kelleher (Councillor), Cork City Council; Ger Keohane (Councillor), Cork City Council; Honore Kamegni (Councillor), Cork City Council; Joe Kavanagh (Councillor), Cork City Council; Joe Lynch (Councillor), Cork City Council; John Daniel Maher (Councillor), Cork City Council; John Sheehan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Kenneth Collins (Councillor), Cork City Council; Kenneth Noel O'Flynn (Councillor), Cork City Council; Kieran McCarthy (Councillor), Cork City Council; Laura Harmon (Councillor), Cork City Council; Lorna Bogue (Councillor), Cork City Council; Margaret McDonnell (Councillor), Cork City Council; Mary Rose Desmond (Councillor), Cork City Council; Michelle Gould (Councillor), Cork City Council; Mick Finn (Councillor), Cork City Council; Mick Nugent (Councillor), Cork City Council; Oliver Moran (Councillor), Cork City Council; Orla O'Leary (Councillor), Cork City Council; Pádraig Rice (Councillor), Cork City Council; Paudie Dineen (Councillor), Cork City Council; Peter Horgan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Sean Martin (Councillor), Cork City Council; Shane O'Callaghan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Ted Tynan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Terry Coleman (Councillor), Cork City Council; Terry Shannon (Councillor), Cork City Council; Thomas Moloney (Councillor), Cork City Council; Tony Fitzgerald (Councillor), Cork City Council; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Healy (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Declan Bree (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Nessa Cosgrove (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Arthur Gibbons (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Fergal Nealon (Councillor), Sligo County Council
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Methods: Email, Phone call
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Seanad Elections 2025
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Donna McGettigan (Councillor), Clare County Council; Caroline Winstanley (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu (Councillor), Galway City Council; John Dwyer (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Teddy O'Sullivan Casey (Councillor), Kerry County Council; Mary Bohan (Councillor), Leitrim County Council; Ollie Turner (Councillor), Galway County Council; Fintan Phelan (Councillor), Carlow County Council; Eileen Lynch (Councillor), Cork County Council; Des Cahill (Councillor), Cork City Council; Jesslyn Henry (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Mary Roche (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Anne Marie Ford (Councillor), Louth County council; Patsy O'Brien (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Edward Fennessy (Councillor), Meath County Council; Richie Molloy (Councillor), Tipperary County Council; Pauric Clerkin (Councillor), Monaghan County Council; Emer Kelly (Councillor), Roscommon County Council; Marie Casserly (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Maria Dollard (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Joan Hopkins (Councillor), Fingal County Council; John King (Councillor), Laois County Council; Vivienne Phelan (Councillor), Laois County Council; Kazi Ahmed (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Fergus McDonnell (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Liam Quaide (Councillor), Cork County Council; Oliver Moran (Councillor), Cork City Council; Niall McNelis (Councillor), Galway City Council; Sean O'Brien (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Peter Cleere (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Elisa O'Donovan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Brendan Mulroy (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Peggy Nolan (Councillor), Longford County Council; Ciarán Fisher (Councillor), Louth County council; Ronan Moore (Councillor), Meath County Council; Julie McCourt (Councillor), Westmeath County Council
Intent: Support for the implementation Family Carers Ireland’s Local Election Manifesto ask around the Differential Rent Scheme
Methods: Email
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Differential Rent Scheme
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Caroline Winstanley (Councillor), Wicklow County Council
Intent: Source funding for a Changing Places toilet facility
Methods: Email
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Funding for Changing Places toilet facility
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Behan (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; Paul O'Brien (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Reddy (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Deirdre Heney (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise Heavin (Councillor), Westmeath County Council; Caroline O'Reilly (Councillor), Meath County Council; Gerry Warnock (Councillor), Longford County Council; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise Heavin (Councillor), Westmeath County Council; Paul Hogan (Councillor), Westmeath County Council; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Catherine Ardagh (Senator), Seanad; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (Councillor), Monaghan County Council; David Maxwell (Councillor), Monaghan County Council; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pippa Hackett (Senator), Seanad; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aoife Masterson (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Fergus McDonnell (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Claire Murray (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Eddie Fitzpatrick (Councillor), Offaly County Council; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Cleere (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Doyle (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; David Fitzgerald (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Eugene McGuinness (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Seán Ó hArgáin (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Adrienne Wallace (Councillor), Carlow County Council; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edel Mcsharry (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris MacManus (MEP), European Parliament; Michael Clarke (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Casserly (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Gino O'Boyle (Councillor), Sligo County Council; Paddy O'Rourke (Councillor), Leitrim County Council
Intent: To get as many officials to attend the event and listen to Carer issues/ agenda & Gain a commitment from political parties that they will prioritise supports for carers if they form part of the next Government
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Meeting, Phone call
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Encourage DPO's to attend Hustings event re Carer issues held by FCI in advance of the General Election
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (Senator), Seanad; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Leonard (Deputy Secretary), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Seeking amendments to the Social Welfare Bill specifically to bring forward the increase in the Carers Allowance income disregard announced in Budget 2025 from July 2025 to Jan 2025.::Quarterly bilateral meeting with officials in the Dept Social Protection – CV Pillar
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
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Social protection/ Social Welfare Bill
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (Councillor), Clare County Council; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (Senator), Seanad; Róisín Garvey (Senator), Seanad; Donna McGettigan (Councillor), Clare County Council; Rita McInerney (Councillor), Clare County Council; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dolan (Senator), Seanad; Martina O'Connor (Councillor), Galway City Council; Eugene Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lisa Chambers (Senator), Seanad; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Duffy (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Patsy O'Brien (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Chris Maxwell (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gerry Murray (Councillor), Mayo County Council; Deirdre O'Brien (Councillor), Cork County Council; Noel McCarthy (Councillor), Cork County Council; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William O'Leary (Councillor), Cork County Council; Mary Linehan Foley (Councillor), Cork County Council; Frank Roche (Councillor), Cork County Council; Liam Quaide (Councillor), Cork County Council; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony Fitzgerald (Councillor), Cork City Council; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Garret Kelleher (Councillor), Cork City Council; Oliver Moran (Councillor), Cork City Council; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Daniel Maher (Councillor), Cork City Council; Eoghan Kenny (Councillor), Cork County Council; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Lynch (Councillor), Cork City Council; Mick Barry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Creed (Councillor), Cork County Council; John Paul O'Shea (Councillor), Cork County Council; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Seamus McGrath (Councillor), Cork County Council; Úna McCarthy (Councillor), Cork County Council; Shane O'Callaghan (Councillor), Cork City Council; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Councillor), Cork City Council; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (Councillor), Cork City Council; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tim Lombard (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Councillor), Cork County Council; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (Councillor), Galway County Council; Clodagh Higgins (Councillor), Galway City Council; Peter Roche (Councillor), Galway County Council; Louis O'Hara (Councillor), Galway City Council; Michael Connolly (Councillor), Galway County Council; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Thomas (Councillor), Galway County Council; Declan Geraghty (Councillor), Galway County Council; Mike Cubbard (Councillor), Galway City Council; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu (Councillor), Galway City Council; Aisling Dolan (Senator), Seanad; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eibhlín Seoighthe (Councillor), Galway City Council; Louis O'Hara (Councillor), Galway City Council; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephanie Doheny (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Raise issues affecting carers across Ireland with General Election candidates.::Seeking each party leader to endorse FCIs 10 Pledges for Family Carers Manifesto
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Virtual Meeting
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General Election