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2023-01-11
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increased funding for rural development projects
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Given the serious reduction in funding for the next LEADER Programme 2023-2027 we sought additional funding via a similar Exchequer funded programme. |
2022-09-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection
Intent: To secure funding for the programme beyond December 2022.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We sought an extension to the Dormant Accounts Funding (DAF) Measures to Support the Employment of People with Disabilities programme beyond December 31st 2022. |
2022-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice and Equality; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To protect the current Local Employment Service model of a community-led, not-for-profit, service.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We asked Wexford oireachtas members to seek support on a motion |
| — | relating to the Local Employment Service |
| — | coming before the Dáil on Tuesday 30th November 2021. The motion called on the Government to protect not-for-profit |
| — | community-based services and suspend all plans to tender out employment services. It would also establish a stakeholder forum between the Minister and Job Clubs and Local Employment Services |
| — | to bring forward solutions to allow current services to be maintained. |
2021-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To protect the current Local Employment Service model of a community-led, not-for-profit, service.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The procurement of a new regional employment service based on a payment per client model. |
2021-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice and Equality; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To protect the current Local Employment Service model of a community-led, not-for-profit, service.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The procurement of public employment services |
2021-01-15
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: As above
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sought clarification on funding being provided for the LEADER Programme arising from the publication of Budget 2021 |
2021-01-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: To secure funding beyond the end date for the Programme i.e. June 2021 to continue the Programme
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To extend the Ability Programme(Pobal funded) beyond the end date for the Programme i.e. June 2021 |
2020-07-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (Minister of State), Department of Defence
Intent: Getting an extension to the tender deadline
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland issued a Request for Tender for the establishment of a Framework for the delivery of works pursuant to SEAI Energy Poverty Programmes the 16th March |
| — | 2020 with a submission deadline of 12 noon on the 16th April |
| — | 2020. We requested that SEAI extend existing contracts with their contractors by 6 months to the end of 2020 therefore extending the tender deadline. |
2020-07-31
Politician(s) lobbied: William Parnell (Special Adviser), Department of Rural and Community Development; Paul Kehoe (Minister of State), Department of Defence
Intent: To increase the rate of aid to 75-80% for enterprise related projects.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Under the LEADER 2014-2020 Programme eligible SME’s can be supported with grant aid at a rate of 50% and up to €200k. In order to help kickstart investment in this sector |
| — | in light of COVID-19 |
| — | I proposed that there would be flexibility to increase the rate of aid to 75-80% for eligible enterprises where deemed to be appropriate. |