The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Politician(s) lobbied: Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Inform Senator Tom Clonan about the work of the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) and discuss NAS resourcing.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To increase awareness of our service and what we do, and to inform him and the unit of our call for a Strategy for Independent Advocacy in Ireland. We also offered our support of their work.

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal McCann (Political Director), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sarah Lyons (Special Adviser), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Murphy (Political Director), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Harper (Political Director), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Miriam Murphy (Political Director), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To increase awareness of our service and what we do, and to inform the policy teams of our resourcing issue with a view to putting this issue on the political agenda. Our ultimate goal is to increase the funding of our service.

Methods: EmailVirtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Sarah O'Brien (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: To make a submission to the development of the National Disability Strategy which is currently being drafted. We wanted a line included about the importance of and future resourcing of independent advocacy and our service.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Majella Fitzpatrick (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Have a mention of NAS included in the Programme for Government 2025, in terms of committing to adequate resourcing of independent advocacy to ensure persons with disabilities, who require support to do so, can exercise their rights under the CRPD.::Intended to secure support from politicians with our call to Government, by way of their raising our point for inclusion in the Programme for Government.

Methods: Informal communicationEmail

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Politician(s) lobbied: Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Colm Ó Conaill (Director), Department of Health; Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Rónán Hession (Assistant Secretary), Department of Social Protection; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Angela Denning (Chief Executive Officer), The Courts Service

Intent: To raise awareness for the work of our services.

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