Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Total Lobbying Efforts: 173

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2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Joan Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mick Barry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tim Lombard (Senator), Seanad; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For INMO budget priorities to be included in Budget 2025
Methods: Lobby day
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INMO Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 Budget
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: That there would be fair and transparent processing times for all internationally educated nurses and midwives and in particular; that the Nigerian and Ghanaian applications would be examined and brought into line with those from other countries.::Fair and proper implementation of family unification rights.::Clear communication with those involved in the process in order to ensure transparency regarding the visa application process and reasons for delays, which should include timely updates on the status of applications.
Methods: Email
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Significant and unfair delays in family reunification visa processing times for Nigerian and Ghanian nurses and midwives who are working here under the Critical Skills Employment Permit
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Funding for safe staffing::Housing for nurses/midwives::Safety in the workplace::Publicly funded training places for nurses/midwives
Methods: Email
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INMO Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 Budget
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The intended result was to aid in advancing issues facing nurses in St. Michael's hospital
Methods: Meeting
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Public Meeting about the crisis facing staffing levels in St. Michael's hospital. Under the 'Pay and Numbers Strategy' no new staff are being appointed
no cover for maternity leave
no replacements when someone retires. This poses significant dangers to our public health services.
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To aid in advancing priority issues facing nurses and midwives as set out in the INMO pre budget submission
Methods: Meeting
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Issues facing nurses and midwives as outlined in the INMO pre budget submission
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: For the Department to realise its aim of ensuring that public services including those provided for by hospitals, will be provided through the Irish Language to both the Irish Language communities nationwide and in Gaeltacht areas.
Methods: Letter
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Irish language provision in Gaeltacht Areas of the Irish Healthcare System
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Request commitments to the below issues being included in any programme for government as a new Government is formed:1. Nurse and midwifery staffing and skill mix 2. Section 39 alignment to state services 3. Growing and developing the nursing and midwifery workforce 4. Addressing the privatisation of care of the older person services 5. Housing for frontline workers
Methods: Letter
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Setting out what the main issues for nurses and midwives will be over the lifetime of the new Government.
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Rachel Kenna (Chief Nursing Officer), Department of Health
Intent: Reversal of the unfair exclusion of CPCs from the pay increase awarded to grades associated with the Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2 pay scale.
Methods: Letter, Event / Reception
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Unfair exclusion of CPCs from the pay increase awarded to grades associated with the Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2 pay scale.
2024-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To keep any IR compensation awards which are unrelated to pay gained in the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court separate from pay and treated in accordance with section 192A of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
Methods: Letter, Meeting
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HSE Finance advising that industrial relations (IR) compensation awards would be taxed
2024-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To address issues mentioned in the Minister's speech, including but not limited to A&E overcrowding, safe staffing, and the completion of the Expert Review Group's recommendations.
Methods: Letter
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Responding to the Minister's speech at the INMO Annual Delegate Conference