2026-09-15
8 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development; Pierce Dargan (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Intent: Ireland Fashion Week, as de facto representative of more than 90 Irish designers, sought meetings with officials to discuss areas of potential Government support for the efforts to showcase and scale Ireland’s native fashion industry on the national and international stage.
Methods: Email
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Email
Introductory emails and fact sheets were sent to Government Ministers and TDs with relevant oversight of the diverse mandate covered by Ireland Fashion Week. Meetings were sought with Ministers and Ministers of State to introduce Ireland Fashion Week and explain their aims and ambitions, with a view to securing some form of support.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Raise awareness of a drop in the rate of primary care centre construction in Ireland.
Methods: Email
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Email
Sought a meeting with the Minister. No meeting took place.
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Raise awareness of a drop in the rate of primary care centre construction in Ireland.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Diarmuid Wilson (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To persuade senators to seek to amend the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To secure amendmens to the Copyright and Related Rights Amendment Bill 2025
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To gain the deputy's support to amend the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Draw the Minister's attention to defects in the proposed legislation.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Outreach to communicate details of the organisation and to seek a meeting to discuss considerations of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide representatives with an overview of RAAP and details of its considerations relating to Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
Methods: MeetingVirtual Meeting
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Meeting
Held introductory meetings with a number of public representatives
Virtual Meeting
Virtual meeting with two Sinn Féin TDs
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
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