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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
2025-02-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To secure additional funding for Social farming initiatives
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A pre budget submission was made to DAFM on funding for Social farming seeking additional funding |
2023-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To discuss further support and funding for social farming participants accessing supports on farm.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We engaged with minister of state Anne Rabbitte T.D. on a social farm to launch a dedicated HSE fund to all people with disabilities access social farming supports. |
2023-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Continued support and funding for social farming from DAFM
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with minister Charlie Mc Conalogue T.D. on social farm in Letterkenny on May 5th 2023 discussing social farming and agri-policy and how social farming fits. |
2022-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To influence Government policy and programme s to continue to and to sustain support for soail farming
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | two staff members Brian Smyth and Helen Doherty attended the Oireachteas Committee on Disability matters on May 12th to talk about social farming and how it supports people with disability towards or into employment in the context of the UNCRPD |
2022-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: To get some answers and also to input to these various Programmes and the Government policies to which they are contributing and which we in Leitrim Development Company are involved in delivering on the ground.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We had engagements and brief discussion with Minister Humphrey's T.D. when she was visiting Leitrim about the new LEADER RDP 2023-207 programme about the Rural Social Scheme |
| — | about Rural Recreation and the community services programme. |
2022-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To lobby for a dedicated national cross departmental fund, particularly involving the Department of Health and HSE, to support people to access placements on Social farms across Ireland.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We met with Minister Charlie Mc Conalogue |
| — | Minister for Agriculture to discuss Social Farming and sustaining placements and accessibility to social farms for many people around Ireland in future. We are hoping for some funding and structural change which will help this and proposed some of these to the Minister when he visited our office and a social farm near Drumshanbo. |
2022-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: hopefully secure some funds to sustain social farming activities and access to placement for people all over the country in a national cross departmental dedicated social farming fund
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting Minister for State Frank Feighan T.D. at our National Social farming Conference to discuss sustainable funding for social farming placements. |
2022-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Placement funding for people with disabilities for social farming
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Met with Minister Anne Rabbitte on a social farm |
2022-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: to seek meeting with officials regarding development and national funding for placements.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Met and spoke with Minister of State Joe O'Brien about Social farming developments and funding |
2022-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Meeting with DRCD officials
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking meeting with officials in DRCD re the development of Social Farming. |