Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 4)
Family Carers Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Details: Seanad Elections 2025
Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Cooney, Donna McGettigan, William O'Leary, Úna McCarthy, Trish Murphy, Tony O'Shea, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Fiona Hartigan - Email, Peter Cox to all members of Cork COCO & Cork City Council - Email, To Cork area councilors - Phone call, ...
Ibec
2024-05-21
Intent: Raise awareness on Drinks Ireland 2024 priorities to be covered at event
Details: Briefing comms on Drinks Ireland event
Officials: David Stanton, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Michael Collins, Micheál Martin, Simon Coveney, Michael McGrath, Holly Cairns, ...
Methods: Email
Family Carers Ireland
2024-05-21
Intent: Encourage support for a Yes Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on Family & Care::To get commitment on a number of policy actions ahead of the referendum::to communicate to the public what the referendum was about and what it would mean for family carers.
Details: Referendum on Care
Officials: Ger Keohane, Tony Fitzgerald, Mick Nugent, John Sheehan, Brian McCarthy, Damian Boylan, Thomas Gould, Colm Burke, ...
Methods: To all DPO's outlined below in the Cork Region- (by Peter Cox) - Email, Michael & Danny Healy Rae by Marie Fitzgerald - Phone call, Brendan Griffin & Pa Daly by Marie Fitzgerald - Letter, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-18
Intent: To voice anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. CAP funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade deal being pushed by the European Commission has the capacity to devastate, in particular, the Irish beef sector. Europe is placing a
Details: Cork County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Social Media, Email, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-09-18
Intent: To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced measures::2018 - 50% Slurry by 15 June and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)::2020 - Training in Nutrient Use Efficiency, Sustainable farming, Grassland Management/Budget.::2021 - Farm roadway camber away from water, Exclude cattle 1.5m from watercourse, water troughs 20m from watercourse.::2022 - 10% cut in chemical N, Soiled water closed period, Slurry spread by 8th October, Tillage green cover, Plough Grassland only between 1st March and 31st May, Increased inspections - 10%.::2023 - Soiled Water closed period - 21 days, All slurry spread by 1st October, N excretion rate based on Milk Yield, Chemical N purchases register.::2024 - Soiled Water closed period - December::To highlight how the 2 year review will im
Details: Nitrates Derogation - Maintaining the derogation at 250kg N/ha
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Amii McKeever, Ann Marie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Barry Andrews, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Event / Reception, Informal communication, ...
Family Carers Ireland
2022-09-20
Intent: Improvements for carers in budget 2022::Increase in Carers allowance
Details: Improvements for carers in budget 2022
Officials: Anthony Barry, Marcia D'Alton, Gillian Coughlan, John O'Sullivan, Kevin Murphy, Marie O'Sullivan, Sean O'Donovan, Danny Collins, ...
Methods: Email
Vulcan Consulting Limited
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2022-05-20
Intent: To introduce Bolt and inquire about eBike pilot schemes in local authorities
Details: eBike services in Ireland
Officials: Seán Sherlock, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Simon Coveney, Micheál Martin, Michael Creed, Michael McGrath, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, ...
Methods: Email, Phone call, Event / Reception, ...
IRD Duhallow
2022-05-20
Intent: to reverse this proposal and retain the Housing designation if possible or at least change to Community Designation for the portion of the field in our control.
Details: The Cork County Development plan has the field immediately in front of the James O Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, designated for Housing but the Draft Plan has proposed it as Agriculture. The Board therefore is asking for your support to reverse this proposal and retain the Housing designation if poss, ...
Officials: Anthony Barry, Joe Carroll, Marcia D'Alton, Kay Dawson, Paul Hayes, Michael Hegarty, Declan Hurley, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Email
Fighting Blindness
2022-05-10
Intent: Fighting Blindness hopes to have gene therapy Luxturna made available to those patients with a mutated RPE65 gene that causes sight loss.
Details: The HSE reimbursement of gene therapy 'Luxturna'
Officials: Stephen Donnelly, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Neasa Hourigan, Alan O'Connor, Peter Burke
Methods: Seeking update on decision-making progress; raising parliamentary questions. The HTA process from rapid review has already taken one year longer than the average. Ireland is now the only country in Western Europe not reimbursing this life-changing therapy . Four citizens are losing photoreceptors daily as they await this decision with growing uncertainty. There is wider growing anger and despair in the sight loss community. - Email, Former CEO Kevin Whelan met with the deputy in his local constituency. - Meeting
Construction Defects Alliance
2022-01-20
Intent: Tax breaks in Budget 2022 for owner-occupiers and social landlords who have paid or are paying remediation levies for fire and other defects as well as progress towards an overall redress scheme
Details: Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
Officials: Eoin Ó Broin, Francis Noel Duffy, Cian O'Callaghan, Rebecca Moynihan, Darragh O'Brien, Steven Matthews, Paul McAuliffe, Mary Fitzpatrick, ...
Methods: Emails forwarding copies of the Construction Defects Alliance's pre-budget submission and seeking support of key Oireachtas members concerned and the Government as well and dealing with follow-up queries. Also emails seeking meetings with parliamentarians and other elected representatives on the need for a redress and remediation scheme for people living in unsafe apartments. - Email, Zoom meetings with elected representatives and advisers setting out Alliance's case for action in the Budget and Finance Bill as well as setting out what will be required in an effective remediation and redress scheme to deliver safe apartments. - Virtual Meeting, Phone calls following up on detailed queries from Oireachtas members and to set up virtual meetings. - Phone call