National Disability Services Association

Total Lobbying Efforts: 14

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2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (Councillor), Galway City Council; Noel Thomas (Councillor), Galway County Council; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (Councillor), Galway County Council; Eibhlín Seoighthe (Councillor), Galway City Council; Louis O'Hara (Councillor), Galway City Council; Elisa O'Donovan (Councillor), Limerick City and County Council; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jesslyn Henry (Councillor), Dublin City Council
Intent: Call on all Parties and Candidates to commit to ensuring equitable support for all disability services
Methods: Event / Reception
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NDSA Hustings
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: A meeting with the Taoiseach, to addressissues raised in the letter, and for steps to betaken to advance disability rights in the nextProgramme for Government
Methods: Unknown
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ODG response to Budget 2025 and priorities for the next Programme for Government
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To highlight disability issues to Sinn Fein politicians
Methods: Event / Reception
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Attendance at the Sinn Féin Ard Fhéis with the Oireachtas Disability Group
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Present NDSA pre-budget 2025 submission
Methods: Meeting
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Colm O Connaill attended NDSA Board Meeting 4 September 2024
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Consideration in Budget 2025 for people with disabilities. Pay parity for disability organisations.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister Rabbitte 10 October 2024
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Support for NDSA organisations as providers of disability services
Methods: Meeting
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NDSA Pre-Budget 2024 Submission
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Carrigy (Senator), Seanad; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Berry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Shanahan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for NDSA asks in 2024 pre-budget submission and gain support so that our asks would be included in Budget 25
Methods: Lobby day
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NDSA Pre-Budget 2024 Submission
2024-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: oversight of NDIS to rest with Taoiseach's office
Methods: Letter
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Letter from ODG requesting oversight of NDIS to rest with Taoiseach's office
2024-05-16
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Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Bruton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Maeve O'Connell (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Ossian Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ossian Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Caroline Conroy (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Elaine McGinty (Councillor), Meath County Council; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (Senator), Seanad; Rebecca Moynihan (Senator), Seanad; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Declan Meenagh (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Brian McDonagh (Councillor), Fingal County Council; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved services and funding for national disability organisations and ongoing improvement of disability service provisions.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Disability Rights
2023-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: The submission calls for, regarding Budget 2024, the government to1. Publish an Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review andinvest money to resource it.2. Provide funding for full pay restoration for Section 39 organisationsand return to parity with HSE pay scales.3. Provide multi-annual funding for Disability organisations.4. Initiate reform of the disability sector with meaningful consultationwith stakeholders
Methods: Submission
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NDSA Pre-Budget 2024 Submission