The Disability Action Coalition

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

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Politician(s) lobbied: Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Address deficits in Section 39 sector

Methods: EmailPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To appear before the Oireachtas Covid Committee so that issues around fundraising losses and other funding issues could be highlighted

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Joanne Lonergan (Special Adviser), Department of Health

Intent: To secure additional funding for Section 39 disability service providers to help deal with Covid-19 and the historic underfunding in the sector

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ossian Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Philip O’Callaghan (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To ensure the Programme for Government contained commitments that the €20m funding cut for disability services was reversed::To ensure the Programme for Government contained commitments on pay restoration for Section 39 workers::To ensure the Programme for Government contained commitments on implementing the Catherine Day report::To ensure the Programme for Government contained commitments on addressing the funding deficits experienced by Section 39 organisations

Methods: EmailPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Improve the funding to Section 39 organisations badly affected by the collapse in fundraising income during the Covid-19 pandemic

Methods: EmailPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: To ensure Minister has full understanding of issues facing Section 39 organisations and in particular the funding deficits in the sector

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To ensure the €20m cut to disability services is reversed

Methods: EmailPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe McHugh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Lisa Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Creation of a new fund for organisations affected by the drop in fundraising associated with Covid-19 Pandemic; elimination of funding deficits; new funding arrangements with the HSE; guarantee of 2020 HSE funding; reversal of the €20m cut to disability services

Methods: Phone callVirtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (Senator), Seanad; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Michelle Mulherin (Senator), Seanad; Rose Conway-Walsh (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To get commitments from candidates to have the specific asks reflected in the Programme for Government::To bring the concerns of Section 39 funded disability service providers to the attention of future TDs

Methods: Meeting