Politician(s) lobbied: Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Attendance or acknowledgement of young people attending.
Methods: Email
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Email
Invited all TDs from Limerick to attend Dail Na nOg in Dublin. This was a request from National office for all local coordinators to do.
Politician(s) lobbied: Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad
Intent: influence policy with regard to CTCs.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
The ongoing requirements in relation to Community Training Centres with regard to attendance, funding etc.
Politician(s) lobbied: Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Influencing policy
Methods: Event / Reception
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Event / Reception
YWI Oireachtas Briefing 2026Limerick Youth Service attended at Freemasons Hall, Molesworth St, Dublin,15th AprilThe asks included: Providing proper funding to frontline services to cope with critical inflationary impacts and support to youth clubsSupporting frontline youth workers through a statutory (CDYSB) scale for all State funded work.Establishing a significant capital programme for youth facilities similar to other EU countriesContinued support for CTCs
Politician(s) lobbied: Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Peter Doyle (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Kieran O'Hanlon (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Brigid Teefy (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Slattery (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council
Intent: To inform public representatives of the potential impact of proposed programme capacity changes, and to support consideration of the importance of sustainable provision of Community Training Centre places for young people.
Methods: EmailPhone callLetterMeeting
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Email
Email correspondence with public representatives and senior officials to outline the potential impact of proposed programme capacity changes on Community Training Centre provision and youth services delivered by Limerick Youth Service.
Phone call
Follow-up telephone discussions to clarify programme capacity considerations and to outline the implications of proposed changes for service delivery and young people.
Letter
Formal correspondence from the Chair of Limerick Youth Service to the Chair of the Limerick & Clare Education and Training Board outlining the potential impact of proposed programme capacity reductions on Community Training Centre provision.
Meeting
Meetings and discussions with public representatives and Local Authority officials regarding youth services, education and training provision, and programme capacity in the LYS Boardroom and in the LCETB premises.
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Bowes-Kelly (Executive Manager), Limerick City and County Council; Anne Delaney (Executive Manager), Limerick City and County Council
Intent: To maintain existing funding levels to support the ongoing delivery of Comhairle na nÓg activities
Methods: EmailPhone call
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Email
Engagement with Local Authority staff regarding project funding for Comhairle na nÓg.
Phone call
Engagement with Local Authority staff regarding project funding for Comhairle na nÓg.
Politician(s) lobbied: Tommy Hartigan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness of the impact of youth services and facilities, and to support continued recognition and resourcing of youth work provision in Limerick (i.e youth spaces in Nicholas St and Garryowen)
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Site visits and discussions with public representatives as part of youth engagement events.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Justice
Intent: Give first hand experiences to the Minister of State at Dept of Justice of the numbers of young people voluntarily engaging with the Youth Justice programme and the interventions used and outcomes. Highlight the importance of the family support in the project and highlight challenges faced in the delivery of the programme.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Minister of State for Dept of Justice Niall Collins requested to visit Limerick Youth Service Youth Justice Projects. The aim for LYS was to demonstrate with case studies and statistics the benefits f the work being done with young people, together with their families who chose to engage with the Youth Diversion Projects
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: LYS invited locally elected representatives to the annual Oireachtas briefing to meet with staff and young people from Limerick Youth Service to discuss our 'Youthwork for All' campaign, which advocates for every young person in Ireland to have access to youth work supports and services in the communities.
Methods: Lobby day
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1. Providing catch up funding to reach pre-financial crash levels, and to cope with critical inflationary impacts and support to youth clubs.2. Regularising the treatment of frontline youth workers followingthe WRC recommendation on S.39, S.10 and S.54 which does not apply to them despite doing the same work.3. Establishing a significant capital programme for youth facilitiessimilar to other EU countries, supported by rainy day funds
Politician(s) lobbied: Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide information on Youth Information chat service and circulate the 2024 Impact Report completed on the Youth Information Chat service which highlights the types and numbers of supports offered to young people on line.
Methods: Email
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Email
Which included the 2024 Impact Report - Youth Information Chat Service
