Women for Election

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

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Politician(s) lobbied: Coilín O'Reilly (Chief Executive Officer), Carlow County Council; Eoin Doyle (Chief Executive Officer), Cavan County Council; Pat Dowling (Chief Executive Officer), Clare County Council; Valerie O'Sullivan (Chief Executive Officer), Cork City Council; Moira Murrell (Chief Executive Officer), Cork County Council; John McLaughlin (Chief Executive Officer), Donegal County Council; AnnMarie Farrelly (Chief Executive Officer), Fingal County Council; Leonard Cleary (Chief Executive Officer), Galway City Council; Jim Cullen (Interim Chief Executive Officer), Galway County Council; Fearghal Reidy (Chief Executive Officer), Kerry County Council; Sonya Kavanagh (Chief Executive Officer), Kildare County Council; Lar Power (Chief Executive Officer), Kilkenny County Council; Simon Walton (Acting Chief Executive Officer), Laois County Council; Joseph Gilhooly (Acting Chief Executive Officer), Leitrim County Council; Pat Daly (Chief Executive Officer), Limerick City and County Council; Joan Martin (Chief Executive Officer), Louth County council; Kevin Kelly (Chief Executive Officer), Mayo County Council; Fiona Lawless (Chief Executive Officer), Meath County Council; Eamonn O'Sullivan (CEO), Monaghan County Council; Anna Marie Delaney (Chief Executive Officer), Offaly County Council; Eugene Cummins (Chief Executive Officer), Roscommon County Council; Martin Lydon (CEO), Sligo County Council; Michael Walsh (CEO), Waterford City and County Council; Pat Gallagher (Chief Executive Officer), Westmeath County Council; Emer O'Gorman (Chief Executive Officer), Wicklow County Council

Intent: Partnerships, including funding, with Councils to support their work in encouraging more women, including women from diverse backgrounds, to engage with local government, in the context of Councils submissions to Dept of Local Government funding round for increasing the numbers of women and people from diverse backgrounds in local government.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tánaiste to discuss measures to address safety for people in political life and measures to address the rise in intolerance, especially in context of forthcoming EU Presidency

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Inclusion of specified measures in the Local Democracy Taskforce recommendations that would enhance and encourage greater participation of women and women from diverse backgrounds. Also includec specific recommendation on the development of an Election Access fund for disabled candidates.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Commencement of a process that would explore the provision of an Election Access Fund for disabled candidates, similar to other jurisdictions.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Inclusion of measures to enhance representation of women and women from diverse backgrounds in local goverment in the Terms of Reference of the Local Goverment Taskforce

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Implementation of recommendations

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: 40% women appointment to Cabinet, as Junior Ministers and implementation of Task Force on Safe Participation in Public Life as part of a Programme for Government.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Christy O'Connor (Director of Services or Equivalent), Kerry County Council; Amanda Byrne (Director of Services or Equivalent), Wexford County Council

Intent: Partnerships, including some funding, with Councils to implement programmes to support elected women Councillors, women who were not successful in LE2024 and to develop a grassroots women in politics programme to roll out in Council areas.

Methods: Virtual MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: Continued grant funding for the work of Women for Election to support greater participation of women, including women from diverse backgrounds, in local and national politics.

Methods: Letter