FASD Ireland CLG

Total Lobbying Efforts: 18

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2025-03-11
Politician(s) lobbied: Antoinette Baker Bashua (Councillor), Clare County Council; Clare Colleran Molloy (Councillor), Clare County Council; David Griffin (Councillor), Clare County Council; Gabriel Keating (Councillor), Clare County Council; Jason Murphy (Acting Director of Service), Clare County Council; Joe Garrihy (Councillor), Clare County Council; Joe Killeen (Councillor), Clare County Council; John Crowe (Councillor), Clare County Council; Mary Howard (Councillor), Clare County Council; Michael Shannon (Councillor), Clare County Council; Pat Hayes (Councillor), Clare County Council; Patrick O'Gorman (Councillor), Clare County Council; Paul Murphy (Councillor), Clare County Council; Rita McInerney (Councillor), Clare County Council; Shane Talty (Councillor), Clare County Council; Tom O'Callaghan (Councillor), Clare County Council; Tommy Guilfoyle (Councillor), Clare County Council; Tony Mulcahy (Councillor), Clare County Council; James Ryan (Councillor), Clare County Council; Conor Ryan (Councillor), Clare County Council; Bill Slattery (Councillor), Clare County Council
Intent: To create a greater awareness among the elected members of Clare County Council about the lack of prevalence data, and need to progress with standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with FASD. Broader, to answer any questions that the elected members would have about the condition, the organisation, or how they could support our aims.
Methods: Phone call, Email, Meeting
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Briefing to elected members of Clare County Council
2025-01-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Griffin (Councillor), Clare County Council
Intent: To create a greater awareness of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the challenges faced by people living with FASD and their families/caregivers in Ireland.
Methods: Event / Reception, Email
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Briefing for public representatives
2025-01-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: To brief the Minister on the situation facing people living with FASD in Ireland and their families and caregivers; the necessary changes required in public policy; and where she can help.
Methods: Email, Meeting
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Meeting with Minister Carroll MacNeill to discuss Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
2025-01-07
Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Bernie McNally (Secretary General), Department of Education; Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; Colm O'Reardon (Secretary General), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Bernard Gloster (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Commitments of support for the FASD Ireland Pre-Budget Submission that would translate into measures in the submission being adopted into Budget 2025.
Methods: Letter, Meeting, Virtual Meeting
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Lobbied various stakeholders on the FASD Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
2024-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Timmy Dooley (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To provide the Senators with a greater awareness of FASD and see if a legislative programme can be worked on to provide greater supports for people living with FASD in Ireland.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Virtual Meeting, Phone call
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Meetings with Senators and their staff to discuss Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: To discuss how we can support people living with FASD throughout their education with a particular focus on putting an action plan in place in the Department of Education.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Social Media
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Meeting with Minister Naughton to discuss how we can best support people living with FASD throughout their education.
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Deputy Pringle raised a Topical Issue about FASD in the Dáil.
Methods: Email, Meeting
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Meeting with Deputy Pringle & FASD Ireland
2024-06-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Leddin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To highlight the complex and varied needs of children attending schools in Ireland who are living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to the Minister and demand greater resourcing for additional supports for children attending schools in Ireland who are living with FASD.
Methods: Email, Phone call
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Wrote to the members of the Disability Matters Committee ahead of a session with Minister Hildegarde Naughton asking them to advocate on behalf of their constituents living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in respect of special education and inclusion.
2024-05-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Transport
Intent: For a thorough assessment to be made of the realistic outcomes of the Sale of Alcohol Bill.
Methods: Email
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Letter to the government party leaders calling for a Health Impact Assessment of the Sale of Alcohol Bill.
2024-04-25
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: The possibility of working with the government to improve the recognition of people with non-visible disabilities.
Methods: Email
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Invitation for an Taoiseach to an event with Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Ireland.