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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The inclusion of museum-specific policies in Fine Fáil's election manifesto and meeting request for discussion around same.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | IMA proposals for inclusion in election manifesto. |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Share potential areas of development and expansion of initiatives that would further support and strengthen cultural heritage and arts, specifically the museum sector.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting focusing on potential input for the Fine Gael manifesto for the general election. |
2023-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: Highlight environmental sustainability priorities for museums and their active role in facilitating public discourse and action around climate change
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Consultation response to National Policy Framework on Culture |
| — | Creativity and Climate Policy |
2021-11-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciaran Cannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Fitzpatrick (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Griffin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Imelda Munster (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Carrigy (Senator), Seanad; Shane Cassells (Senator), Seanad; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Fintan Warfield (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Inform of the severity of the impact of Covid-19 on the museum sector and issues faced by cultural institutions, exacerbated by this period of restrictions
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Witness at public meeting of the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Tourism |
| — | Culture |
| — | Arts and Media to discuss the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the museum sector and the National Cultural Institutions. |
2021-01-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Katherine Licken (Secretary General), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Conor Falvey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Maurice Buckley (Chairman), The Office of Public Works; John McMahon (Commissioner), The Office of Public Works; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Inform of museums' position regarding reopening of venues
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 |
2021-01-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Develop awareness of the severity of the impact of Covid-19 on the museum sector and encourage discussion by the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media of the particular issues faced by cultural institutions.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Copy of submission made to the Dept. TCAGSM Arts & Culture Recovery Taskforce |
| — | 'Museums and the Road to Resilient Recovery in Ireland' |
2020-01-27
Politician(s) lobbied: Josepha Madigan (Minister), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Senator), Seanad; Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Éamon Ó Cuív (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fintan Warfield (Senator), Seanad; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Raise awareness of the logistical and intellectual impact of Brexit on the museum sector in Ireland and need to safeguard and support their cross-border activities, captured in the Bridges over Brexit publication 2019, in preparing adequately for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Briefing on cross-border activity within border county museums in Ireland |
2019-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Matt Carthy (MEP), European Parliament; Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Mairead McGuinness (MEP), European Parliament; Deirdre Clune (MEP), European Parliament; Mick Wallace (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Frances Fitzgerald (MEP), European Parliament; Clare Daly (MEP), European Parliament; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Increased engagement and representation of the Irish cultural and museum sector at international level, in recognition of the role and importance of culture's contribution to both the economic and social wellbeing of our neation
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to newly appointed MEPs regarding participation in the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education (CULT). |
2019-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fintan Warfield (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Further support and resourcing of regional and rural museums and collection-based institutions, and the networks that work towards their development.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The development of the network of regional and local museums. |
2018-05-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Josepha Madigan (Minister), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Feargal Ó Coigligh (Assistant Secretary), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Intent: Develop awareness, promote further resourcing of museums to secure existing partnerships and develop new collaborations.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Publication reporting on the potential impact of Brexit on the museum sector in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland |