Polio Survivors Ireland

Total Lobbying Efforts: 53

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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 6)

2025-03-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Erin McGreehan (TD), The Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Intent: To provide TD a briefing doc with our advocacy asks and discuss cost of disability payment for those who are on the state pension and indexing social welfare increases to income thresholds for the medical card.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with TD at Leinster House
2025-03-25
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Cearúil (TD), The Houses of the Oireachtas Service; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), The Houses of the Oireachtas Service; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ask several TDs to submit PQs on our behalf asking the Minister of Social Protection to extend the cost of disability payment to those who are in recipet of the State Pension
Methods: Email
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PQ to extend cost of disability payment to those on the state pension with disabilities
2025-03-25
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: I wrote to the Minister of Social Protection to ask if they intend to extend the annual cost of disability payment to those on the state pension with disabilities.
Methods: Email
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Cost of Disability Payment for State Pension
2025-03-25
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Building a relationship for future collaboration and calling out the fact that the migration strategy has been transferred to the Dept of Justice rather than remaining in DCEDIY.
Methods: Email
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Responded to an email from TD
2025-03-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness of challenges faced and ask to work together to help solve this issue in the Oireachtas.
Methods: Email
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Wrote to 2 TDs to flag challenges faced by migrants with disabilties
2025-03-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To bring awareness to a specific case study and highlight the issues faced by migrants with disabilities.
Methods: Email
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Write to the Taoiseach's Disability Unit to flag challenges faced by migrants with disabilities
2025-03-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To build relationships with elected members of the Dáil to represent our advocacy and policy areas in debates and parliamentary questions.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
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Met with TD to discuss how to support Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-03-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To secure meetings to TDs who have agreed to work with us on our advocacy priorities
Methods: Email
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To secure meetings to TDs
2025-03-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Invited TDs of Dublin Fingal West to attend Invitation to NAI AV Room Presentation
Methods: Email
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Invitation to NAI AV Room Presentation on the 5th of March
2025-03-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To ask for clarification on how the upcoming National Disability Strategy will address three key areas of concern for polio survivors.
Methods: Letter
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National Disability Strategy