Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Providing briefing notes on Parliamentary Questions on Mental Health Commission regarding approved centres.
Methods: Email
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Email
submitted information to inform Parliamentary question on Mental Helath Commission regarding approved centers, dated 16th July 2026
Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laurence Simms (Joint Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (Councillor), Galway County Council; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Engagement concerned general issues relating to mental health and human rights, including the need for mental health services and supports to be adequately resourced and delivered in a manner that protects dignity, equality and human rights.
Methods: Event / ReceptionPhone callEmailMeetingInformal communication
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Event / Reception
Appearance before health committee on mental health and emergency departments with Health Committee on 8th July 2026.
Phone call
Discussion on MH Act and key mental health issues to Enya Kennedy (PA Patricia Stephenson) on 8th May 2026.
Email
Email regarding meeting for roundtable on youth mental health to Sorca Clarke sent on 24th July 2026.
Email
Email relating to PQ on MH approved centres to Liam Quaide. Sent on 11th May 2026.
Meeting
Meeting on UPR with Laurence Simms on 25th August 2026.
Meeting
Speaking at roundtable on youth mental health with Mary Lou McDonald, Sorca Clarke, David Cullinane sent on 29th July 2026.
Informal communication
Texts on MH staffing levels and Budget sent to Liam Quaide on 5th June 2026.
Informal communication
Texts on MH staffing levels sent to Liam Quaide on 11th May 2026.
Informal communication
Texts on MH staffing levels to Liam Quaide on 15th June 2026.
Informal communication
Texts on MH staffing levels to Liam Quaide on 9th July 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padraig Walsh (Chief Executive Officer), Quality and Qualifications Ireland; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Appeared before the Oireactas Health Committee at Leinster House to provide evidence on Emergency Department mental health crisis care in Ireland
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Dr Louise Rooney, Lisa-Marie O'Malley & Helen Brown appeared before the Oireactas Health Committee at Leinster House to provide evidence on Emergency Department mental health crisis care in Ireland on 8th July 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Support for a solutions-focused approach to reform in the areas where work still needs to continue, having regard to progress made in mental health policy to date
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Helen met Minister Butler on the 7th May and the focus of the discussion was Mental Health Policy and Legislation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Ian Power (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Health; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Peter Roche (Councillor), Galway County Council; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona McLoughlin Healy (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Engagement also concerned MHR's Pre-Budget Submission, including proposals for investment and funding to support mental health services, address identified needs and ensure sustainable access to appropriate supports.
Methods: Event / ReceptionPhone callMeetingInformal communicationEmailVirtual Meeting
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Event / Reception
Attendance at Mental Health Reform's PBS Launch Event where the CEO(Helen Brown), Louise Rooney (P& R Manager), Lisa-Marie O'Malley (Policy and Advocacy Coordinator) and lived experience advocates spoke on the submissions. In attendance: Marie Sherlock, Sorca Clarke, Fiona McLoughlin, Colm Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Joe Cooney, Victor Boyhan, Maria Byrne, on 7th July 2026
Phone call
Calls relating to PBS to Ian Power, Mary Butler's Office on 18th June 2026.
Phone call
Calls relating to PBS to Ian Power, Mary Butler's Office on 30th June 2026.
Phone call
Calls relating to PBS to Ian Power, Mary Butler's Office on 6th July 2026.
Event / Reception
Cost of Disability Summit - speaking on need for funding in Budget with Dara Calleary on 13th May 2026.
Event / Reception
Dept of Social Protection Pre-Budget Forum - part of discussions on cost of disability with Dara Calleary on 1st July 2026.
Meeting
Discussion on mental health and budget asks - MHR PBS photoshoot with Micheal Martin on 15th June 2026.
Meeting
Discussion on mental health and budget asks with Frances Black on 15th July 2026.
Informal communication
Discussion on mental health and budget asks with Liam Quade on 13th June 2026.
Meeting
Discussion on mental health and budget asks with Marie Sherlock on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email as part of Disability Consultative Forum to Minister Dara Calleary on cost of disability sent on 12th May 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee sent to Colm Burke. Sent on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee sent to Marie Byrne on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee sent to Michael Cahill on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee sent to Padraig Rice. Sent on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee sent to Peter Roche on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after Health Committee to Marie Sherlock. Sent on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after PBS launch sent to Danny Healy Rae. Sent on 7th July 2026.
Email
Email on PBS and follow up after PBS launch sent to Sorca Clarke. Sent on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email regarding meeting on PBS and mental health to Keria Keogh sent on 8th July 2026.
Email
Email submission to Department of Social Protection (Dara Calleary). Sent on 5th June 2026.
Email
Emails regarding PBS 2027 figures to Ian Power-Mary Butler's office. Sent on 19th June 2026.
Email
Follow up from event on youth mental health and arranging meeting on PBS with Sorca Clarke on 29th July 2026.
Email
Follow up from meeting on PBS with Sorca Clarke on 11th August 2026.
Meeting
Louise Rooney (Policy and Research Manager) provided information on funds needed for mental health budget 2027 on 7th July 2026.
Meeting
Meeting on PBS asks and mental health key issues with Kiera Keogh on 10th August 2026.
Meeting
Meeting on PBS asks and mental health key issues with Liam Quaide on 15th July 2026.
Virtual Meeting
Meeting on PBS asks and mental health key issues with Sorca Clare on 11th August 2026.
Meeting
Social Inclusion Forum - part of group discussions on cost of disability with Dara Calleray on 27th May 2026.
Informal communication
Texts arranging meeting relating to PBS with Liam Quaide on 13th July 2026.
Informal communication
Texts arranging meeting relating to PBS with Liam Quaide on 8th July 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide information to stengthen argument for the improvement of emergency mental health services
Methods: Email
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Email
Sharing of breifing notes and speaking points regarding crisis mental health services to TD Sorca Clarke TD Liam Quade on 27th-30th
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide information regarding human rights issues.
Methods: Email
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Email
Sharing of breifing notes and speaking points regarding Additional Protocol to the Convention on human rights and biomedicine - Human Rights and Biomedicine on 4th February
Politician(s) lobbied: Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To breif public reps as a menas of ensuring legislative alignment with key human rights conventions: UNCRPD/UNCRC/OPCAT. Specifically: Statutory Right to Advocacy, Prohabition of Children to Adult Units, Timing related to Capacity Assessments, Specifics relating to Involuntary Treatment Crtiteria, Introduction of an Independant Complaints Mechanism
Methods: Phone callInformal communicationEmail
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Phone call
Arrange a meeting/sharing of breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Laura Harmon, Parlimentary Assistant Ciara Conway between 20th Jan - 10th April
Phone call
Arrange a meeting/sharing of breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with TD Liam Quaide on 9th January
Informal communication
Arrange a meeting/sharing of breifing notes speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on 16th April
Informal communication
Arrange a meeting/sharing of breifing notes, speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Laura Harmon - Parlimentary Assistant Ciara Conway between 19th Jan -9th April
Informal communication
Arrange a meeting/sharing of breifing notes,speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with TD Liam Quaide between 11th March - 30th April
Phone call
Discuss government amendments with Ian Power (Special Advisor to Minister Butler on 13th March
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 between 20th -27th Jan with TD- Liam Quaide, TD - Sorca Clarke, TD - Marie Sherlock, TD - Roderic O'Gorman
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Laura Harmon on the 14th April
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Laura Harmon on the 14th January
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 14th January
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 19th January
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 20th February
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 23rd January
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 26th February
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 4th March
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 6th March
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 7th April
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 8th April
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with Senator Victor Boyhan on the 9th January
Email
Share breifing notes and speaking points regarding Amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 with TD Roderic O'Gorman on 27th January
Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Providing information to furnish a parlimentary question parlimentary questions regarding staffing levels of community mental health teams
Methods: Email
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Email
Providing information to furnish a parlimentary question parlimentary questions regarding regarding staffing levels of community mental health teams between 15th Jan - 30th April
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Build awareness of human rights based mental health policy/legislation
Methods: Email
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Email
Email on launch of MHC guidance on MH services for people with intellectual disabilities sent on 22nd April 2026 to Liam Quiade
Email
Email relating to CRPD sent to Sorca Clarke, Nicole Ryan, Marie Sherlock, Mark Wall, Nessa Cosgrove, Laura Harmon, Roderic Gorman and Malcolm Noonan on 7th Jan 2026
